New Delhi: The Archdiocese of Delhi is being awarded for the “One and Only Star-Shaped Church” in the World by the Best of India Records. The award was received by Archbishop Anil JT Couto of Delhi at the Archbishop House, on November 25. The Morning Star Church opened to theContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has authorized the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate eight decrees, including a decree on the martyrdom of 127 Spaniards. Bishop Marcello Semeraro, the Prefect of the Congregation, on November 23 presented the causes to the Pope, who approved them. Among them isContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The Latin-Rite dioceses of India will mark “Communio India” Sunday on November 29 (first Sunday of Advent) with the theme “Love one another as I have loved you” (John 13: 34). “This year we observe Communio India Sunday amidst the suffering and the challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic.Continue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi: An international webinar on “Transforming Interreligious Relations” on November 21 stressed moral and spiritual conversion as the need of the hour. The main resource person was Leo Lefebure, professor of Theology at Georgetown University, Washington DC. The webinar was jointly organized by Jesuits Among MuslimsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pilar: The communication wing of the Goa-based Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, commonly also known as the Society of Pilar, has published a song video to pay tribute to Venerable Father Agnelo de Souza, a saintly member of the society. The Pilar MediaContinue Reading
Panaji: The novenas and feast of St Francis Xavier are going to be a digital experience this year. In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the novenas for the feast of St Francis Xavier – which commence on November 24 – will not be open for people at the Basilica ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: The Archdiocese of Bombay has decided to open churches in a graded way after the Maharashtra government permitted opening of places of worship from November 16. “Keeping in mind the experience of churches in other states which opened earlier, we thought it best to haveContinue Reading
London: As book titles go, the “Directory for Catechesis” is hardly the catchiest. But this volume could potentially transform the lives of thousands of people. That is the conviction of Gail Williams, center manager at Caritas St. Joseph in Hendon, north London. When the updated directory — formerly known asContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji: The Daughters of Paul in Goa together with the Diocesan Commission for Biblical Apostolate will inaugurate the Biblical Year of the Pauline Family on November 26 with the theme “That the Word of the Lord may speed on.” The opening Eucharist led by Archbishop FilippeContinue Reading
By Courtney Mares Rome: A 19-year-old Spanish teenager who gave his life while protecting the Eucharist was beatified November 7 at a Mass in the Sagrada Família Basilica in Barcelona. “Yesterday in Barcelona Joan Roig Diggle, a lay man and martyr killed at the age of 19 during the SpanishContinue Reading
