New Delhi: Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop for Adilabad, the only Syro-Malabar diocese in Telangana state in southern India. The appointment of Fr Antony Prince Panengadan as the second prelate of the 16-year0old diocese was simultaneously announced at 3:30 pm India time on August 6 in Rome asContinue Reading
Margao: Fr Lucio Dias, who has been named in the Velim Church assault case by Cuncolim police has requested the government to withdraw the cases against the 22 accused. Fr Dias said that the government has the power to withdraw the case and should do it. He has also discussedContinue Reading
Bengaluru: Applauding the efforts of the Ad Gentes group in Bangalore in being towering witnesses to the Gospel, Archbishop Bernard Moras told the group of families August 4, “Continue to be like faithful sentries performing responsibilities you hold, for the Greater Glory of God”. In his homily, the Prelate spokeContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram:The Valiyathura police on Tuesday registered a case against two persons including a Catholic priest in the city on charges of human trafficking. The priest, identified as Chancilus Femas, and a tour operator Kiran Mohanan have been accused of taking nine people to Jordan after promising them jobs on pilgrimageContinue Reading
The fibre glass nativity scene made by Kolkata-based company Church Art.Continue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: A pastoral letter issued by Archbishop M Soosai Pakiam, of Trivandrum, which says that the Vizhinjam port project, in its present form, would adversely impact the coast and the coastal communities, was read out in all churches under the Latin Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. “The letter was readContinue Reading
Kochi — Archbishop Francis Kallarakkal of Verapoly said it was quite natural that the Catholic Church reacted when the ‘culture of death’ was spreading. He was speaking after inaugurating a meeting organised to protest against the proposed amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, relaxing the conditions for abortion.Continue Reading
They say some congregations do not ask its members to wear veilsContinue Reading
25 major superiors of northern India attended the programContinue Reading
Miao: The diocese of Miao, India sits in rich, mountainous forest terrain on the edge of the Himalayas. Most of its residents are tribal artisans whose livelihood is solely dependent on the local natural resources and the forest’s produce. So the release of the Pope’s recent encyclical on the environment,Continue Reading
