Warsaw, Poland: A young Polish priest who was ordained last month following a terminal cancer diagnosis has died, his community announced Monday. Fr. Michal Los, FDP, died June 17 in the morning, the Congregation of the Orionine Fathers said in a Facebook post. “We believe that he met with theContinue Reading
Italy, June 10, 2019: Twin brothers Giacomo and Davide Crespi have always been together, and May 25, 2019, was no different: side by side, along with three other seminary classmates, they received the sacrament of holy orders from their bishop, Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, in the diocese of Treviso, northern Italy.Continue Reading
C.M. Paul Kolkata, June 9, 2019: Mother Teresa Sisters chaplain for 40 years, the oldest Salesian in Kolkata province and lone Italian missionary in Kolkata died on 9th June 2019 in a Kolkata hospital. He was 98 years old. His funeral is scheduled to be held at 2.30 pm onContinue Reading
Illionis, June 8 : The Bishop of Springfield, Illinois, has decreed that state legislative leaders may not be admitted to Holy Communion within his diocese, because of their work to pass the state Reproductive Health Act. The bishop also directed that Catholic legislators who have voted for legislation promoting abortionContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, June 7, 2019: The Indian Catholic Youth Movement [ICYM] of the National Youth Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) will hold a national youth conference at Secunderabad, October 13 – 17. “Purpose is two ways—to give young people a chanceContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Yangon, June 6, 2019: The President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference Charles Cardinal Maung Bo sent a message to brother Bishops on the occasion of Pentecost 2019. Touching up on the call of pope Francis, Myanmar cardinal wrote on 6th June, “We are in deedContinue Reading
Vatican , June 6: Pope Francis officially approved a change to the most famous prayer in Christianity. It’s the prayer Jesus taught followers to pray and one of the few things that unites 2.2 billion Christians across the globe. But the Holy See’s May 22 approval adjusting The Lord’s Prayer,Continue Reading
THIRUVALLA, June 5 2019: Geevarghese Mar Timotheos, former bishop of Tiruvalla Diocese of the Syro Malankara Catholic Church, passed away on Tuesday 4 June, 2019 morning. He was 91. The funeral will be held at St John’s Metropolitan Cathedral on Thursday, 6 June, 2019. He was under treatment at PushpagiriContinue Reading
Kochi, May 26 : A crisis loomed large over Kerala’s Syro-Malabar Catholic Church with priests of an archdiocese reading out a circular during Sunday Mass in churches blaming Church head Cardinal George Alencherry over a criminal case filed against a section of priests. The move by the priests, unprecedented inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 17, 2019: Pope Francis on May 17 appointed Father Shyamal Bose as the coadjutor bishop of Baruipur diocese in West Bengal state. The announcement was made at 12 noon in Rome and at 3:30 pm, its corresponding time, in India, according to aContinue Reading