Vatican City: The Vatican on January 12 gave guidance about how priests can distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a note directing priests to say the formula for distributing the ashes once to everyone present,Continue Reading
Kochi: Major Archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry on January 11 inaugurated the first summit of the 29th Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church through videoconferencing. An official statement issued by the church said the Cardinal appreciated the work of the religious amid these testing times of the pandemic. The statement also mentionedContinue Reading
Mumbai: A group of faith educators in Mumbai has come up with a novel way to teach catechism to children – through action songs on video. They are also offering 24 popular children’s songs music track for vernacular language production. Father Dominic Martis, rector of Don Bosco High School andContinue Reading
Pope Francis changes the Code of Canon Law to institutionalize the access of lay women to the service of the Word and the Altar. Continue Reading
Manila: The Veritas Asia Institute of Social Communication (VAISCOM) established by the Federation of Asian Bishops Conference (FABC) Office of Social Communication (OSC) for the formation of pastoral personnel in Asia has launched three online courses. Chairman, FABC OSC, Bishop Roberto Mallari, inaugurated a website (www.vaiscom.org) and launched the onlineContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mannanam: As many as 56 newly ordained priests of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Congregation (CMI) on January 4 celebrated thanksgiving Mass at St. Joseph’s Monastery Church in Mannanam in Kerala’s Kottayam district where their founder’s remains are kept. Father Mathew Chandrankunnel, a member of theContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: The diocese of Berhampur in Odisha has opened the largest holistic laity center in the eastern Indian state. Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur inaugurated the “Anugraha Peetho”(center of grace) on December 27 at Mohana in the Gajapati district. In his address at the inaugural function,Continue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican’s news agency has drawn up a list of pastoral workers or what it describes as “missionaries,” who were killed in the world during 2020. The annual list says that the “missionaries” killed include 8 priests, 1 male religious, 3 nuns, 2 seminarians and 6 lay people.Continue Reading
By Frida Toppo Bishnupur: When Archbishop Dominic Lumon of Imphal ordains Father Gangmei Pheigathuaipou Daniel on December 30, the Jesuits will get their first priest from Rongmei, a major Naga tribe in the northeastern India. Archbishop Lumon will ordain Father Daniel in St Ignatius Church Bishnupur, a Jesuit parish inContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis announced December 27 a special year dedicated to the family, marking the fifth anniversary of the publication of his apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia. In his Angelus address on the feast of the Holy Family, the Pope noted that March 19, 2021, would mark five years sinceContinue Reading
