Pope Francis warned priests against clericalism once again, in his homily at a morning Mass on December 13. The Pontiff contrasted the humble faith of repentant sinners with the arrogance of “intellectuals of religion.” He reminded his congregation that Jesus was judged and condemned by the high priests and elders.Continue Reading
Vatican : Pope Francis is celebrating the 47th anniversary of his priestly ordination on Tuesday 13th December. He will soon mark another milestone, when he turns 80 years old on Saturday 17th December. According to his staff, Pope Francis will be working “just as normal” on the day itself. HeContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Bhubaneswar—Odisha bishops have asked their seminarians to prepare to face future challenges from now on. Six bishops of Odisha state, Eastern India, visited their two major seminaries on December 10-11 in different places as part of their annual visitation. The first one is: St. Pauls Spirituality SeminaryContinue Reading
The Congregation for the Clergy released the 90-page document on December 8Continue Reading
C.M. Paul Kurseong – One of the oldest parishes of Kurseong deanery in north Bengal organized carol competition and pre-Christmas mela for neighboruing parishes, 11 December 2016. Fourteen choir groups participated in the keenly contested competition in which most of the carols were original compositions sung in Nepali language. GatheringContinue Reading
For the past three years, Pope Francis has handpicked a Christmas card to celebrate advent and the birth of Jesus Christ, and this year’s choice features two baby Jesuses. The Pope picked Giotto di Bondone’s 14th Century fresco of the Nativity in Assisi accompanied by a verse from the bookContinue Reading
Vatican: The Catholic Church has reiterated that homosexuals and those with “deep-seated homosexual tendencies” should not be admitted to seminaries or ordained priests. A new document from the Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy released on December also bars those supports the so-called “gay culture” from centers for training men to becomeContinue Reading
London: A Christmas-themed board game that pits Jesus against Santa has been described as “offensive, shocking and blasphemous”. Santa vs Jesus, made by London company Komo Games, is played by two teams – one for each of the festive figures – who battle through challenges in an attempt to winContinue Reading
The head of the Pope’s doctrine division has called for divisions over the treatment of divorced and remarried Catholics to end. Cardinal Gerhard Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has indicated that the Vatican will not be responding to a letter from the four cardinalsContinue Reading
Milan, Italy: On Thursday, November 24, 2016, Cardinal Angelo Scola closed the diocesesan phase in the canonization process for Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia. He was a well-loved teenager who devoted himself to prayer and daily Mass as well as computer programming, filmContinue Reading
