Vatican City: Women who are consecrated to God live “the prophecy of joy,” and this authentic joy is their most credible witness, Pope Francis told leaders of the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master on Monday. “The world today is in need of this: that joy that arises from the encounterContinue Reading
Moscow: Thousands of worshipers began lining up in Moscow on Monday, May 22 to see the relic of St. Nicholas, which had been kept in Bari, Italy, for more than 900 years. Though the Cathedral of Christ the Savior was to open to the public for the relic’s veneration atContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar: Two Missionaries of Charity nuns, who celebrated 25 years of religious life, say serving the poorest of the poor continues to thrill them. “I find real peace and joy in serving the downtrodden and under privileged following the footsteps of our founder, Saint Teresa of Kolkata,”Continue Reading
Rome : Pope Francis surprised a neighborhood in suburban Rome on Friday, May 20 afternoon by going door-to-door to bless houses. The pope began doing monthly works of mercy during the 2015-2016 Jubilee Year of Mercy, and decided to continue the “Mercy Friday” practice even after the jubilee ended. ItContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis has acknowledged the scientific research on genetic diseases, but stressed that destroying human embryos is unjustifiable. The controversial topic was brought up at an event aimed at raising awareness about an incurable genetic disorder. “We know that no end, even a noble one like the expectation ofContinue Reading
By: Purushottam Nayak Salimagucha, Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: Missionaries of Charity Sisters founded by Saint Teresa of Kolkata opened a new community at Salimaguchha Parish, of Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on May 13 during the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. It is a gift to the poor, needy, marginalized and underprivileged.Salimaguchha has eightContinue Reading
By B. Kolappan Chennai: The Vatican has declined to make changes to the name of Devasahayam Pillai, the 18th century converted Christian and martyr, who is likely to be elevated as a saint in the near future. In their letter to Angelo Cardinal Amato of the Congregation for the Causes ofContinue Reading
Dublin,Ireland: The beatification of Jesuit priest Fr John Sullivan at the St Francis Xavier church on Dublin’s Gardiner Street Saturday morning is at once a tribute to the cordinal relations among churches in the city but also to the distance Rome itself has travelled ecumenically these recent years. Nurtured andContinue Reading
Panjim: The Archdiocese of Goa and Daman will be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Saturday, even as Pope Francis travels to Fatima in Portugal to lead the centenary celebrations of the apparitions of Mary in that town. As Catholics the world over, celebrate the centenary of theContinue Reading
