Kochi, Dec 4 2019: The head of the Malankara Orthodox Church and Catholicos of the East, Baselius Mar Thoma Paulose-II, has turned down the offer of mediation made by various church denominations to defuse the tension between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara church. “There’s no need forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hsinchu, Nov 28, 2019: The Ecumenical Women’s Assembly concluded November 27 with calls for Asian women to become advocates and catalysts of reconciliation, renewal and restoration in the world, communities, and Churches. Organized by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), the week-long assembly asserted that theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Nov 26, 2019: Children of Kandhamal survivors received First Holy Communion on November 24, the feast of Christ the King. About 5,000 Catholics from different parts of Kandhamal gathered at Raikia to celebrate the feast. The main celebrant was Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar. The specialContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, November 26, 2019: More than 5,000 people are expected to attend the centenary celebrations of the Archdiocese of Patna, Bihar, at St. Michael’s High School grounds on November 29. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai and president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, and ArchbishopContinue Reading
KOCHI, Nov 19 2019: In an ambitious attempt to move with the times and make its services, religious and otherwise, available at the ‘fingertips’ of believers, the Syro-Malabar church is launching an app for each of its roughly 3,500 parishes – the church has already come out with custom madeContinue Reading
Vatican, Nov 18 2019: Stepan Sus, a priest of the Lviv archdiocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, was appointed bishop of the Kyiv-Galytsky supreme archbishop curia. The Vatican News reported this. The report states that the newly appointed bishop is 38 years old and he will become the youngestContinue Reading
By Inés San Martín Rome, Nov 16, 2019: Pope Francis says the Catholic Church is contemplating the introduction of “ecological sin” to the compendium of Church teaching. “We have to introduce, we are thinking about it, in the catechism of the Catholic Church, the sin against ecology, the sin againstContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Nov 15, 2019: Francis Pereira says playing Jesus in a drama on the life of the Lord has brought him countless blessings from God. “Three times I was saved from illness, and survived accidents with no hurts while most co-passengers were badly injured,” the railway employeeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Nov 10, 2019: Some leading theologians from across the world have held a brainstorming workshop to draft a new commentary on the Second Vatican Council documents. The November 8-9 seminar was held at Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, an ecclesiastical institution of higher learning established by theContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Kettering (UK ) Nov 7,2019: Fr Wilson Kottathil, a Catholic priest belonging to the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (MSFS) congregation has passed away in the early hours of Nov 7. He was 51. Fr Wilson was serving as a Parish priest in the DioceseContinue Reading
