Vatican City: Pope Francis has taken aim at women who have abortions to keep their figures as he warned about the modern world’s obsessions with power, success and beauty. In an anecdote he said dated from his time as Bishop of Buenos Aires, Francis recounted the story of a a very beautifulContinue Reading
Kolkata: This city has a special connection to Loreto. Kolkata was the first city where the Loreto nuns chose to set up their mission outside of their home ground in Ireland. The rest is a 175-year-old story of service and inclusion. The Catholic community in Kolkata, worried about the educationContinue Reading
Vatican: The Wise Men who set out from the East in search of Jesus personify all those who long for God and reflect “all those who in their lives have let their hearts be anesthetized,” the pope said Jan. 6, the feast of the Epiphany. The Three Wise Men alsoContinue Reading
Rome: For the Catholic Church, Jan. 1 is the great solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, offering a natural invitation to reflect on motherhood. Pope Francis seized the moment delivering a paean to moms everywhere . “Mothers are the strongest antidote to our individualistic and egotistic tendencies, to ourContinue Reading
Quincy, USA: A priest and former slave who served in Chicago and western Illinois in the late 1800s is a step closer to becoming a saint. Father Augustus Tolton was the first Catholic priest in the U.S. publicly known to be black in 1886. Born a slave in Missouri, hisContinue Reading
Phek: A village in Nagaland rejoiced at the ordination of its second Catholic priest. Bishop James Thoppil of Kohima ordained Fr Vekupa Rhakho George at St. Mary School Ground in Lozaphuhu, Phek, on December 28. Dressed in traditional dress, Fr. George was led to the altar by the village eldersContinue Reading
As we’re reminded every Advent, our Catholic Christmas customs are somewhat at odds with the secular “holiday season,” which starts before Thanksgiving and goes on until the last college bowl game. But even though we Catholics wait a bit to get going, we have a similarly long season of celebration,Continue Reading
Despite the chronicle of horrific deaths suffered by early Christians during the vaunted “Age of Martyrs” Pope Francis said Monday that the church has more martyrs today than the early church did. In remarks Monday to thousands of pilgrims who had gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, to markContinue Reading
Deacon Kumuda Kumar Digal will be ordained on January 23 for Kolkata province Continue Reading
