Bengaluru: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrão, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI), will release the new directory for catechesis on October 1. CCBI is a national body of Latin Rite bishops of India. The directory, prepared by the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization of the HolyContinue Reading
Balliguda: Six dioceses in Odisha, eastern India, found various ways to recruit candidates for priesthood during the coronavirus pandemic. While the minor seminary of Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar has no seminarian this year, other dioceses adopted new methods to candidates. “I am sad that we have no seminarians in the currentContinue Reading
Jaipur: Two priests were on September 27 ordained for Jaipur, one of the three dioceses in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan. Bishop Oswald Lewis of Jaipur led the ordination ceremonies of Fathers Jackson Rodrigues and Vishal Madtha at 5 at Our Lady of Annunciation Cathedral in Malviya Naga, aContinue Reading
Bangkok: Christians in Thailand are celebrating after 1,435 people were baptized in a huge outdoor event. Believers from five different provinces of the Southeastern country gathered September 23 at a reservoir in central Thailand for the ceremony. Church planting groups Free in Jesus Christ Association (FJCCA) and Reach a VillageContinue Reading
Manila, Sept. 25, 2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Catholic Church has decided to prolong by one year the quincentennial celebration of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines. The supposed culminating activity in April, 2021, would now be the launch of a year-long celebration that will end inContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY , Sep 24, 2020: A powerful Vatican cardinal caught up in a real estate scandal resigned suddenly on September 24, and gave up his right to take part in an eventual conclave to elect a pope, in one of the most mysterious episodes to hit the Holy SeeContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Ranchi, September 16, 2020: The Daughters of St Anne (DSA) has elected a new superior general, who hails from the parish where a Belgian Jesuit missionary was killed while trying to save some Muslims during a communal violence 56 years ago. Sister Lily Grace Topno wasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Techny, Sept 16, 2020: An American Divine Word missionary, who spent 50 years in India as a seminary trainer and promoter of inter-religious dialogue, has died. He was 100. Father Felix Eckerman died September 13 at Divine Word Residence at Techny in the United States, afterContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sep 13, 2020: The Vatican has said it was “necessary and urgent” to return to in-person Masses as soon as anti-coronavirus measures permit. The head of the Vatican’s liturgy office, Cardinal Robert Sarah, said in a letter to bishops’ conferences that virtual liturgies, while useful, were no replacementContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Sept 8, 2020: A parish in Goa has organized card making competition on the Blessed Virgin Mary’s birthday to make them aware of their mothers’ sacrifices for them. “We wanted the children to appreciate their mothers, who are bringing them up in faith, nurturing them physically,Continue Reading
