Vatican, Jan 2: Pope Francis has apologised for losing his patience with a woman who grabbed his arm in St Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve. “Many times we lose our patience; me too. I apologise for yesterday’s bad example,” Pope Francis in a departure from his prepared remarks forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila, Jan 2, 2020: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the outgoing Archbishop of Manila, is to hold the seventh Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) before he assumes his new post in the Vatican in two months’ time. He will convene the January 28-29 conference on theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vailankanni, December 30, 2019: The Conference of the Diocesan Priests’ of India (CDPI) will hold the second diocesan priests’ national congress late January next year. The January 28-31 congress will have the theme “The Joy of Priesthood.” The CDPI is considered the association of progressive diocesanContinue Reading
By Matters Indian Reporter Kolkata, Dec 29, 2019: Spiritual leaders from six religions, including Cardinal George Alencherry, attended the 12th World Confluence of Humanity, Power and Spirituality in Kolkata. Karan Singh, noted scholar, philosopher and politician, delivered the keynote address on the opening day on December 28. “We live inContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec. 22, 2019: Mumbai’s famous Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount on December 21 witnessed a unique celebration: four priests of Bombay archdiocese celebrated 258 years of their combined priesthood. While Monsignor Nereus Rodrigues and Father Philip Lobo celebrated 70th anniversary of their ordination, Rodrigues’Continue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Trichy, December 17, 2019: The women group of Puthupunal (Fresh Waters) and St. Alphonsa, the Youth girls of Our Lady of the Healer Church, Karumandapam, Trichy organized a Christmas get together with the villagers of Vadasserry women in Karur district, Tamil Nadu. Vadaserry village is aContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Dec.15, 2019: Calcutta, the oldest Salesian province in India, on December 15 announced the appointment of a Santal priest as its 17th provincial. The communique said, “The Rector Major, Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, has appointed Fr. Joseph Pauria, the present Vice Provincial, as the 17th ProvincialContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Lucknow, Dec 7, 2019: The Association of Franciscan Families of India (AFFI) organized a national training for priests and nuns for effective evangelization through social media at St. Fidelis College, Lucknow. As many as 72 members of AFFI along with secretaries of other religious congregation attendedContinue Reading
Kochi, Dec 6 2019: Cardinal George Alencherry was on Dec 6 elected the president of Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC), an association of the Catholic bishops of all three rites in the state. The head of Syro Malabar Catholic Church succeeds Archbishop Maria Calist Soosa Pakiam of Trivandrum Latin archdiocese.Continue Reading
Ohio, Dec 5 2019: A former Pentecostal minister and married father of five has been approved for ordination by the Vatican. Deacon Drake McCalister will become the first married priest to be ordained in Steubenville Diocese, in Ohio in USA. He will be ordained on December 19. McCalister served asContinue Reading
