Indian appointed top global fund raiser for Salesians
2016-03-18
Fr George Menamparampil is founder director of Bosconet, a New Delhi-based secular organization that works for empowering the young.Continue Reading
Washing women’s feet not mandatory: Vatican official
2016-03-18
Vatican City: Priests are not obligated to wash the feet of women during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, a Vatican official has clarified. Cardinal Robert Sarah. prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, told reporters in Rome on February 26 thatContinue Reading
Odisha Church to celebrate martyrs Day on August 30
2016-03-17
The Odisha Church has requested for national celebration on the same dayContinue Reading
Bangalore archdiocese loses another leading priest
2016-03-16
Fr. Chasara was a voracious reader, musician, lyricist, good orator and preacher.Continue Reading
Feet washing: Latins to follow Pope, Orientals tradition
2016-03-11
Latin rite parishes to adopt radical changesContinue Reading
Churches urged to nurture family
2016-03-10
Issues related to human sexuality, prevalence of pornography and marital infidelity weaken the familyContinue Reading
Indian bishop mourn nuns killed in Yemen
2016-03-06
Bangalore: Catholic bishops in India have expressed anguish over the “dastardly attack’’ on a Missionaries of Charity center in Yemen that killed 16 people, including four nuns. Such brutal attacks by the “evil minds should not deter us from our commitment to serve the poor and the sick,” said aContinue Reading
Wantage nuns keep 140-year link with Indian schools alive
2016-03-01
Nearly 140 years ago, a group of Oxfordshire nuns travelled to a remote and deprived region of India to set up three Christian schools. Today, The Community of St Mary the Virgin in Wantage has dwindled from a community of 300 to just 14 sisters, but they still keep that linkContinue Reading
Franciscan nuns’ new provincial house stresses ecology
2016-03-01
The nuns serve society through our education, health, social work and pastoral ministriesContinue Reading