By: A. Elango . Indian Jesuits mourned the death of their former Superior General Peter – Hans Kolvenbach. Fr. Kolvenbach was elected as Superior General of the Society of Jesuits on September 13, 1983 and stepped down as General on January 14, 2008. He died at the age of 87 onContinue Reading
Alappuzha: Archbishop of Changanassery archdiocese, Mar Joseph Perumthottam on Sunday declared Champakulam St Mary’s Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church as basilica. Archdioces vicar generals Joseph Mundakathil and James Palackil, archdiocese chancellor Dr Tom Puthenkalam and procurator Fr Philip Thayil also attended the holy mass held in connection with the declaration. TheContinue Reading
By : Purushottam Nayak. Berhampur: Tens of thousands of Christians congregated on November 27 at the Queen of Mission Cathedral Parish at Berhampur, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, to show respect, honor and devotion to Mother Mary. The faithful came from different parts of the country to celebrateContinue Reading
Vatican City : The season of Advent is a reminder to us to open our horizons and have concern for more than just material things, the Pope said Sunday during his Angelus address. Advent is an invitation “to sobriety, to not be dominated by the things of this world, toContinue Reading
Idukki: The Syro-Malabar Church has welcomed the new decision by Pope Francis to extend the power of forgiving abortion to the Catholic priests as well. The Church, which considers abortion as a major sin, does not allow its clergy to forgive it as part of routine confessions. But Pope Francis,Continue Reading
Urban buddha: The Chicago Grant Park Conservancy has added a new art attraction at its Skate Park on October 25. The statue, unofficially dubbed “Urban Buddha” is a 15-foot-tall wooden Buddha sculpture crafted by the Tibetan artist Tashi Norbu. The wooden Buddha, formally named “Be the flower, not the bee,”Continue Reading
Scotland : Catholic worshippers in Edinburgh and St Andrews will soon be able to use an app to locate their nearest mass. The Catholic App will tell users where the nearest or soonest service is and use GPS to direct them to the church. The first “confession finder” app isContinue Reading
In a ceremony at the Church of Divine Mercy in Krakow, Poland on Saturday, the Catholic Bishops of Poland in the presence of President Andrzei Duda and many Catholic pilgrims, officially recognized Jesus Christ as the King of Poland and called upon Him to rule over their nation, its peopleContinue Reading
Rome: The Vatican library is using technology developed by space agencies to digitise its collection, which includes almost 80,000 medieval manuscripts as well as 1.1 million printed volumes. The European Space Agency said that the flexible image transport system (FITS) format, developed with Nasa to store satellite images and otherContinue Reading
Vatican City– Pope Francis pulled shut the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, formally ending the Holy Year of Mercy he declared to stress the need for greater reconciliation and forgiveness in his church and in the world. After closing the ornate door, Francis urged some 70,000 peopleContinue Reading
