By Matters India Reporter Indore, April 20, 2022: A special Holy Week retreat has helped a mixed group of Catholics to seek Christ’s mind while dealing with current challenging social issues. Father Justin Akkara, one of the 11 participants, says the Christo-centric leadership retreat has given him Christ as aContinue Reading
Philadelphia, April 8, 2022: The Daughters of Charity Services has announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Mark Choonara. Mark will be the first lay person to lead the charity since its launch in 2012, following Sister Margaret Barrett who served as director of Mission for seven successfulContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril New Delhi, April 6, 2022: Catholic dioceses in northern India have decided to launch a series of steps to help the poor and migrant workers. To start with, they would launch programs to educate migrants about various government welfare programs as part of the Church’s attempts toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 3, 2022: Clericalism, which Pope Francis calls “a perversion of the priesthood,” operates also among some Catholic priests and bishops in India, says a Jesuit moral theologian. Clericalism is largely centered on one’s access to power and wealth in the Church, which inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kothamangalam, April 2, 2022: Another mysterious death of a novice nun was reported from Kerala, the southern Indian state with a sizable Catholic population. According to “Mathrubhumi,” a Malayalam daily newspaper, Anu Alex was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her room in the SacredContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 2, 2022: The Catholic Church has lost another Church in the land of Telugu. Bishop Emeritus Innayya Chinna Addagatla of Srikakulam died at 11:30 pm on April 1, at the residence of the local bishop. He was 84, says a report from FatherContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 1, 2022: Bishop Fortunatus Henri Caumont, who worked in Rajputana Mission, will be declared a Servant of God, the first stage in the canonization process. Bishop Pius Thomas D’Souza of Ajmer will on April 3 declare the French Capuchin as the Servant of God in the ImmaculateContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, March 30, 2022: A renowned Asian theologian says the synodal process now underway in the Catholic Church should prepare it to become relevant in the third millennium and respond to modern challenges. Synodality reflects how the Church’s life and mission should adapt to the modernContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, March 28, 2022: The newly elected leader of northern India’s first Catholic religious congregation for men says his priorities include fostering unity and missionary zeal among his people and bringing a movement of indigenized Catholicism to mainstream society. “Our community life is not perfect. SomeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, March 28, 2022: Sister Paul Vincent, a member of the Daughters of St Anne of Calcutta died in road accident in a remote area in West Bengal state. Sister Vincent, a Bangladeshi native, was going home after Sunday Mass on March 27 when a motorcyclistContinue Reading
