ROME, July 6, 2019 — In an unexpected and what some in Rome are viewing as an ominous gesture, Pope Francis has given away relics of St. Peter the Apostle to an Orthodox patriarch. Following a solemn Mass on June 29, the liturgical feast of the Apostles Sts. Peter andContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Rome, July 5, 2019: Pope Francis has appointed a Sri Lankan as the secretary of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID). Monsignor Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage, currently the under-secretary of the council, is a priest of the Diocese of Badulla, Sri Lanka. Monsignor Indunil wasContinue Reading
Vatican , July 1: The Vatican has on July 1 reaffirmed Catholic teaching that priests cannot reveal what they learn in confession, in an apparent response to moves in Australia and elsewhere to force them to do so in cases of sexual abuse. A document from the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary,Continue Reading
Vatican City, June 30: Meeting a group of young people in the Vatican, Pope Francis announced the theme of the World Youth Days in Lisbon in 2022. The theme of the 2022 World Youth Days in Lisbon will be “Mary rose and went with haste” (Lk 1:39), Pope Francis said June 22Continue Reading
Vatican, June 30: The Vatican has issued guidelines for Chinese priests and bishops who are forced to register with the government, noting that many clerics are “deeply disturbed” by requirements that suggest independence from Vatican control. The Vatican guidelines, made public January 28, observe that although government policies vary inContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, June 30, 2019: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay, joined people from around the world in the Global Rosary Relay on Friday, the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Different churches in over 70 countries participated in the event, each dedicating at least 30 minutes to theContinue Reading
Vatican, June 27: Pope Francis has called an Ordinary Public Consistory of Cardinals in Rome next week to decide on the canonization of five Blesseds, including Sister Mariam Thresia of India and Cardinal John Henry Newman of England . The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff released a note on JuneContinue Reading
Scalan, Scotland: This year marks the 303rd anniversary of the foundation of the Secret Seminary at Scalan in the Braes of Glenlivet in 1716. Why was such an institution established and why did it have to be secret? New ideas about Christianity had been sweeping across Europe. These were atContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Mandalay, June 24, 2019: Cardinal Charles Bo, archbishop of Yangon, has compared Mandalay’s new archbishop to Irrawaddy river, Myanmar’s endangered life line. The cardinal, head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar, on June 23 consecrated Monsignor Marco Tin Win as the archbishop of Mandalay. Cardinal Bo hasContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Mumbai: A 27 year-old deacon who was to be ordained a priest in 6 months time has passed away on Jun 20, the feast day of Corpus Christi. Jerin Joyson Chittilapilly who belongs to the Eparchy of Kalyan in Maharashtra had just celebrated his 27th birthdayContinue Reading
