Vatican City: On Sunday, July 16, Pope Francis said that in the parable of the seed and the sower Jesus invites us to reclaim the ‘soil’ of our hearts by bringing to him, in prayer and Confession, the stones and thorns in need of healing. “Jesus invites us today to lookContinue Reading
Pioneer of education in the state, Fr. Joseph James Felix passes awayContinue Reading
For long, the image of a Christian priest has been that of a staid and straightjacketed person who walked and talked in measured steps and tones. But of late, a couple of them have taken the Internet by storm, hitching up their white cassocks, raising their arms above their headContinue Reading
The Roman Catholic Church has outlawed the use of gluten-free bread for Holy Communion. However the Vatican has decreed that it can still be made from genetically modified organisms, the BBC reported. The ruling was announced in a letter to bishops by Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for DivineContinue Reading
The pope allows sainthood for those who freely risked their lives and died prematurelyContinue Reading
Robert Krishna’s journey started from BengaluruContinue Reading
Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao has called for fortitude and attitude of listening to counter challengEsContinue Reading
Russia’s Orthodox church has reported a sharp rise in seminary admissions, with the highest numbers ever recorded now training for the priesthood in its 261 eparchies, or dioceses. The Interfax news agency said 1593 ordinands were expected to begin studies this summer, a 19 percent increase from 2016, while aContinue Reading
Cologne,Germany: Cardinal Joachim Meisner, the former Archbishop of Cologne, has died at the age of 83. Meisner, considered a leader of the conservative wing of the German episcopate, was one of the four cardinals who presented the “dubia” to Pope Francis, seeking clarifications on the document Amoris Laetitia. The Cologne archdioceseContinue Reading
