By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Aug 25, 2022: The Syro-Malabar Church on August 25 announced the appointment of three auxiliary bishops for the larger of the two Oriental Catholic rites in India. It also accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Jacob Muricken of Palai, who wants to lead an asceticContinue Reading
Rome, Aug 24, 2022: Pope Francis has ordered that the Holy See and connected entities move all financial assets to the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican bank. The Pope’s rescript, issued August 23, clarifies the interpretation of a paragraph in the new constitution ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 18, 2022: A Catholic group working for reforms in the Catholic Church in the southern Indian state of Kerala has sought the country’s top court help to restrict the powers of bishops. The Kerala Catholic Church Reformation Movement, registered as Catholic Association, wantsContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Patna, Aug 17, 2022: A group of Small Christian Communities (SCCs) animators August 17 decided to form media teams in Jharkhand and Bengal regions. The decision was taken on the first day of an eight-day workshop on media communication held at Atma Darshan, Jesuit retreat CentreContinue Reading
By Sarah Mac Donald Dublin, Aug 9, 2022: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, one of Pope Francis’ closest advisers, has denied reports that he sought to intervene in the case of an Indian bishop accused of secretly fathering a child. In a video posted online August 7, Cardinal Gracias, who is theContinue Reading
Varazdin, Aug 9, 2022: Twelve people were killed and 31 injured, 18 of them seriously, when a Polish bus filled with religious pilgrims slipped off a road and crashed near Varazdin in northwestern Croatia early on August 6, authorities said. The passengers were adult pilgrims who were travelling to Medjugorje,Continue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes Pilar (Goa), Aug 9, 2022: The Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, commonly known as the Society of Pilar, has elected Father Nazareth Rosario Fernandes as the 19th superior general of the Goa-based congregation. The election was held on August 6 during the congregation’s 20thContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 7, 2022: Pope Francis has raised five Servants of God, including an Indian mystic nun, to the status of Venerable, the second stage in the canonization process. The Pope on August 5 recognized the martyrdom of a Ukranian priest and approved him forContinue Reading
Kent, Aug 7, 2022: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has told a top Anglican conference that he dreams of Christian unity. Cardinal Tagle, a Filipino, said he dreams of this reality, this home for the Church today, united as a humanContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Old Goa, Aug 1, 2022: Cardinal-elect Filipe Neri Ferrao, Archbishop of Goa and Daman, has urged Jesuits and their collaborators to listen, discern and respond to God’s call and become true followers of Christ. The cardinal-elect was speaking during a solemn Mass July 31 at Bom JesuContinue Reading