By T S Jenny Imphal, July 16, 2022: Monsignor Joseph Kachiramattam, the first diocesan priest to be posted in Manipur, died July 16 because of old age related illness. He was 96. Monsignor Kachiramattam’s death came five days after the passing away of his close associate, Archbishop Emeritus Joseph MittathanyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Krishnagar, July 15, 2022: An educationist for almost four decades, Salesian Father Nirmol Vincent Gomes will on July 23 be ordained the bishop of Krishnagar diocese in West Bengal. The uncle of the bishop-elect, Bishop Emeritus Theotonius Gomes of Dhaka will preside over the episcopal ordinationContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 13, 2022: Pope Francis on July 13 created history by naming a lay woman and two nuns to the Vatican office that vets bishop nominations. The Dicastery for Bishops oversees the work of most of the Church’s 5,300 bishops, who run dioceses around the world. The dicastery’sContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, July 13, 2022: The Latin Church in India will hold a national synod to validate a “National Synodal Synthesis” drawn from the deliberations held at the parish, diocesan and regional levels. The July 26-28 synod at Paalanaa Bhavana in Bengaluru will be attended by 64Continue Reading
Vatican City, July 12, 2022: Pope Francis will beatify Pope John Paul 1 September 4 during a Mass at St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican Press Office has announced. Bishop Renato Marangoni will read the Rite of Beatification at the Mass, together with the Cardinal Beniamino Stella, postulator for the CauseContinue Reading
By Cindy Wooden Vatican City, June 29, 2022: Before celebrating the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis is asking Catholics around the world to dedicate time in 2023 to studying the documents of the Second Vatican Council. Presenting the official logo for the Holy Year June 28, Archbishop Rino Fisichella alsoContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, June 25, 2022: A Marian shrine in Mumbai joined the Global Rosary Relay for the sanctification of priests. Auxiliary Bishop John Rodrigues of Bombay, rector of Mount Mary’s Basilica in Bandra, Mumbai, who led the June 24 rally, told the congregation that Cardinal Oswald Gracias, ArchbishopContinue Reading
Manila, June 22, 2022: Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) has achieved 1 million followers on Facebook, a milestone for the Asian Bishops’ project to proclaim the Gospel to Asians. “This is a very significant record and a great milestone for the whole of RVA. We achieved this by regularly engaging withContinue Reading
By Lisa Zengarini Vatican City, June 21, 2022: Pope Francis has invited the youth of the Syro-Malabar Church to follow Jesus by saying “yes” to a life of service and responsibility, and “no” to one of superficiality and dissipation. The Pope said on June 18 during a meeting with theContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 16, 2022: Pope Francis on June 15 took another step to reign in new religious groups in the Catholic Church after their unregulated proliferation in recent decades led to abuses in governance that allowed spiritual and sexual misconduct to go unchecked. The diocesan bishop must obtain aContinue Reading
