By Christopher Khoo Singapore, Oct 22, 2021: For too long, the Church hierarchy has held consultations between bishops and priests, and between bishops and the pope, without involving the laity seriously. However, unless the hierarchy identifies with the pains of the people, it would not be able to come upContinue Reading
By Pratapananda Naik Miramar, Oct. 18, 2021: Jesuits’ former Goa provincial, Father Rosario Rocha, who was a polyglot and scholar of Buddhism, died October 18 in Pune, western India. He was 69. His funeral will be October 19 evening in Pune. Father Rocha was serving as the spiritual director ofContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Kottayam, Oct.16, 2021: The Kerala-based Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church has elected its supreme head The enthronement of Mathews Mar Severios Metropolitan was held October 15 at Parumala in Pathanamthitta district. During the enthronement, the new head became the Catholicos of the East with the name Baselios MarContinue Reading
By Shiji Abraham Mumbai, Oct 14, 2021: Members of a Mumbai parish say a virtual program on the Bible conducted by nuns has helped them understand the importance of reading the Word of God. “It was good to talk to the sisters who listened to me and my struggles. TheyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Oct. 8, 2021: A lecture series on dialogue between Christianity and Hinduism ended October 7, after six months. The lectures were held in collaboration with Sri Ramakrishna Mission, Office of Dialogue and Ecumenism of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, Focolare Movement and Ecumenical ChristianContinue Reading
By: Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Urging the faithful of the Archdiocese to pray the Rosary during the month of October dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman appealed “particularly in homes, and religious communities, to pray without fail at least five decades every day.” “It isContinue Reading
Rome, Sept 28, 2014: The Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church has elected Monsignor Raphael François Minassian as its 21st Catholicos-Patriarch. Pope Francis convened the synod September 22-23 in Rome. The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of the See of Cilicia is the supreme authority of the Armenian Catholic Church, the sixthContinue Reading
By Stephen Alathara Bengaluru: Sept. 23, 2021: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has appointed coordinators for education, health, social service and media apostolates. The appointment was made during the conference’s 87th executive committee meeting held September 21-22. Salesian Father Joseph Manipadam, currently the coordinator for Education andContinue Reading
By Lissy Kurian Panaji: The Archdiocese of Goa-Daman has launched a vocation week through Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR), a local cable TV channel, to overcome the pandemic restrictions. “Due to prevailing pandemic, it is not possible to meet students in schools as we used to do to introduce them toContinue Reading
By I.P. Sarto Raiganj: A book on “United families source of Small Christian Communities” in Bengali was released on September 16 by Bishop Clement Tirkey of Jalpaiguri. It was released during the Regional Small Christian Communities (SCCs) meeting of West Bengal and Sikkim Region at Raiganj Pastoral Centre about 400Continue Reading
