Krishnagar – A Marian grotto depicting popular Marian apparitions over centuries has come up in Krishnagar Nadia district on National High Way. Some 400 devotees gathered for the blessing of the grotto constructed adjacent to the four lane highway at Muktinagar Holy Sacrament Parish for the blessing by Salesian Bishop Joseph SurenContinue Reading
Archbishop Soosa Pakiam will lead the ceremoniesContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: The Church in Odisha has appealed the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) to address Kandhamal issues at its plenary meeting scheduled for March 2016. Kandhamal, a district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, was the scene of the worst anti-Christian violence the country witnessed in its modernContinue Reading
Miao diocese plans to hold a series of spiritual events throughout the year to celebrate the jubileeContinue Reading
Kathmandu: Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, the first Catholic bishop of Nepal, died on Tuesday in Kathmandu. He was 78. The Jesuit prelate was suffering from various illnesses for some time. He died at 11:40 pm at St. Xavier’s Jesuit Residence in Jawalakhal, Lalitpur, a suburb of Kathmandu, capital of Nepal.Continue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Sunday lit the Christmas tree and Nativity scene at the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi, which was built within a boat used by migrants to travel across the Mediterranean last year. The ceremony was attended by more than 30 refugees, while Pope Francis tookContinue Reading
MCC Alumni Carol Concert is 16-year-old traditionContinue Reading
Raipur: A grassroots ecumenical organization has expressed concern over the abuse of religious identity for political objectives through an ideology of religious nationalism by groups collectively known as the Sangh Parivar. The Raipur Churches Development and Relief committee (RCDRC) in a declaration said that unabated intolerance and targeted violence against minorities in generalContinue Reading
Sr Getrude was Mother Teresa’s daughterContinue Reading
Panaji — Many pilgrims from Belagavi, Kolhapur and areas within Goa arrived on foot on Wednesday for the feast of St Francis Xavier or Goencho Saib in Old Goa on December 3 as the nine-day novena and spiritual preparations drew to a close. Pilgrims, from various parts of Goa, were seenContinue Reading
