By Matters India Reporter Shillong, October 13, 2019: Vicar General Father John Madur was elected as the diocesan administrator following the death of Archbishop Dominic Jala. According to church practice, after a death of a diocesan head, his consulters elect a priest as the diocesan administrator, until Vatican appoints aContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 9, 2019: Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Church Cardinal Mar Cleemis has highlighted the relevance of family values for the betterment of society. Delivering the inaugural address at the second Major Archiepiscopal Assembly of the church here on Oct. 8, he said family values and religious belief wereContinue Reading
More than 200 incidents of violence against Christians in India have been reported this year, according to the Indian branch of Alliance Defending Freedom. In many cases, the violence arises in response to reports that Christians are forcing conversion on non-Christians. Eleven years ago, fundamentalist Hindus in one Indian stateContinue Reading
Chicago, Oct 3, 2019 : You might say that running 10 marathons is extreme. Well, Sr. Stephanie Baliga, who is about to run her tenth, is somewhat of an extreme person. She was once even more of an extreme runner, she told CNA. But while she was a college athlete atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Miao, October 2, 2019: A Catholic diocese in northeastern India has published a booklet to guide prayer intentions during the Extraordinary Missionary Month announced by Pope Francis. “I hope this booklet helps everyone to make an extra effort to make this month time for deep reflectionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept. 30, 2019: A group of Syro Malabar Catholics in a Delhi locality has found a place to pray five years after a mysterious fire gutted a Latin church they shared. “Thank God we have a place for our own now. We were movingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, September 12, 2019: The Pilar Monastery Church in Goa has released a gold plated coin to mark the 150 the birth anniversary of Venerable Agnelo D’Souza. Retired Bishop Alex Dias of Port Blair, a member of the Pilar society, released the memento on September 11Continue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, September 11, 2019: An interfaith prayer for peace and harmony was held at the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on September 10, commonly known as ‘Inspiration Day.’ Father Francis Sunil Rosario, director of Diocesan Commission for Dialogue and Ecumenism, said September 10Continue Reading
Crown Heights, September 10, 2019: Missionaries from the Institute of the Incarnate Word have been pounding the pavement this September to invite Brooklynites around St. Teresa of Avila, Crown Heights, and Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph’s, Prospect Heights, to church. The group of 40 religious brothers and sisters, most of themContinue Reading
Kochi, Sept 7, 2019: Archbishop Antony Kariyil has assumed charge as administrative archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly with a solemn Mass at St. Mary’s Basilica on September 7. Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, was the main celebrant at the concelebrated Mass in which nuns,Continue Reading
