By Tola Mbakwe The Anglican Communion has announced a South Sudanese bishop will be its next Secretary General. Reverend Anthony Poggo is currently the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Adviser on Anglican Communion Affairs and the former Bishop of Kajo-Keji in the Episcopal Church of South Sudan. He will take up hisContinue Reading
Denver Newsroom, Jun 15, 2022: The 300-member Franciscan province of Saint Elisabeth in Germany has elected as its new superior Father Markus Fuhrmann, who a few weeks ago publicly came out as homosexual. In an interview with MK-Online, the official news website of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, FuhrmannContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Agartala, June 11, 2022: Nine months of the intense synodal meetings at different levels ended June 11 with the diocesan pre-Synodal meeting in Agartala, capital of the northeastern Indian state. As many as 92 representatives of laity, catechists, women’s groups, youth religious and priests attended theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 30, 2022: The Indian Theological Association and others have mourned the death of Jesuit Father Joseph Mattam, who had accompanied generations of students in their theological research. The death occurred at 9:55 pm on May 29 at the Jesuit infirmary in Jeevan Darshan,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 29, 2022: Pope Francis on May 29 named 21 new cardinals, including two from India. Vatican News reports that the Pope will create the cardinals at a consistory on August 27. The new Princes of the Church represent the Church worldwide, and reflectContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 22, 2022: Catholic women theologians in India have mourned the death of Rosemary Radford Ruether, a feminist and liberation theologian who had profound influence on them. Ruether died May 21 in the United States. She was 85. “She is one of the earliest feministContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican City, May 18, 2022: Pope Francis on May 18 opened doors for brothers to become major superiors of religious congregations that have priests as members. The Pope promulgated a rescript concerning the possibility of a dispensation from Canon 588 §2 of the Code of CanonContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, May 15, 2022: Devasahayam, the first lay martyr from India, was among ten people Pope Francis canonized on May 15 at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Among the new saint are an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in the Dachau concentration camp and aContinue Reading
By Francis Gonsalves Pune, May 8, 2022: Since its launch in all dioceses worldwide in October 2021, the synod 2021-2023 entitled ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission’ has evoked mixed responses ranging from excitement and optimism to indifference and cynicism. The Synod inaugurations in the Indian dioceses of theContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Ziro, May 7, 2022: Itanagar diocese in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh May 7 ordained its first priest of indigenous origin Bishop John Thomas of Itanagar ordained Father Roshan Bamin Peter, a member of the Apatani tribe, at Mary Immaculate Church, Hapoli, Ziro, his homeContinue Reading
