By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 15, 2022: The Syro-Malabar Church on January 15 appointed new prelates for its Tellicherry archdiocese and Palghat diocese. The Oriental Catholic Church’s bishops’ synod promoted, with the papal approval, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry as the archdiocese’s new prelate. He replaces ArchbishopContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Jan 4, 2021: Members of the Calcutta Salesian province has mourned the death of Father Samuel Sudorshon Mondol, a former dorector of Novices. The Salesian priest died in Kolkata at 8.45 am on December 28, 2021. He was 49. Father Mondol “had been undergoing immunotherapyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vadayar, Jan 4, 2021: As attacks against Christians in different parts of India grab headlines during the Christmas week, a small Christian community in Kerala celebrated the annual feast of its with amity. Build up to the five-day celebrations at Infant Jesus Church Vadayar started DecemberContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Junagadh, Dec 20, 2021: A Catholic parish in the western Indian state of Gujarat has decided to put on hold external celebrations of Christmas to sympathize with the families that have lost their relatives in the Covid pandemic. “This year the parish has decided not toContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 19, 2021: Cardinal Peter Turkson, seen by some as a candidate to become the first African pope in about 1,500 years, has abruptly offered his resignation from a key Vatican department, sources familiar with the matter said. Cardinal Turkson, 73, from Ghana, has been a key adviserContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Dec 17, 2021: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferraro of Goa and Daman, the leader of the Latin rite bishops in India, on December 17 urged Catholics to make liturgical celebrations more meaningful, active and participatory. The president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI)Continue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Dec 13, 2021: UN Women has designated November 25 as the Day Against Violence to Women. December 10 is celebrated as International Human Rights Day. The 16 days that link the two important days are designated by UN Women as 16 days of Activism against violenceContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Dec 9, 2021: Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi as the apostolic administrator of the diocese of Daltonganj. The appointment was announced on December 8 in Rome. “This appointment is an additional to his present office as Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi,”Continue Reading
By John Malvino Alfonso Old Goa, Dec 4, 2021: The Church exists only to spread Christ’s message of love, peace and freedom, but some misunderstand it as a ploy to convert others, a Catholic bishop bemoaned at the celebration of Saint Francis Xavier’s feast in Old Goa. “Saint Francis XavierContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 1, 2021: The Catholic Church in Asia has mourned the death of an Indian priest who it says had played a significant role in evangelization and transformed the lives of many in the region. Father Jacob Theckanath, a former executive secretary of the OfficeContinue Reading
