Kochi : Amid a controversy triggered by reported remarks of a senior priest questioning the belief that St Thomas visited India in AD 52, the Syro-Malabar Church today said the disciple of Jesus Christ did visit India. “The official stand of the Syro-Malabar Church is that St Thomas had visitedContinue Reading
Almost 200 locations across the United Kingdom have been confirmed for the Rosary on the Coast later this month, with nine bishops saying they will take part. The mass prayer event, scheduled for 3pm on Sunday April 29, will extend from the island of Guernsey off the coast of FranceContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican: An Indian Capuchin priest and missionary of mercy presented drawing to Pope Francis in the Vatican at the sideline of Missionaries of Mercy (MoM) gathering in Rome. “I met Pope Francis and presented a drawing with the text ‘Merciful Pope Francis on April 10.’ IContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manado, Indonesia: Two sessions in the afternoon on the third day (April 9) of the Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly (AEYA) focused on ‘Light and Truth in Pluralistic Asia’ for interfaith dialogue between religious leaders and scholars from the Buddhist, Islamic, Hindu and Taoist and the AEYAContinue Reading
Jaikrishnan Nair The nuns in their starched sky-blue habits are a picture of concentration, sitting cross-legged in the open courtyard of St Joseph’s Convent at Kunnamthanam village in Kerala. They are warming up for their daily yoga session, getting their breathing into a rhythm before they launch into more demandingContinue Reading
Sister Jocelyn Edathil of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Sisters) is unique in at least two ways. First of all, she is a member of the India-based Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and on Aug. 6, 2016, when she took her vows at St. Vincent De Paul Syro-Malankara CatholicContinue Reading
Catholic Mass will be celebrated in the mediaeval cathedral in the Swedish city of Lund for the first time since the Reformation. The Lutheran Church of Sweden has offered the cathedral as a temporary place of worship to the Catholic parish of St Thomas, whose church will be closed forContinue Reading
Ohio, USA: Facebook has apologized for what it called a “mistake” in rejecting a theology ad from Franciscan University of Steubenville, on the grounds that an image of the cross was too violent and sensational. “Your image, video thumbnail or video can’t contain shocking, sensational, or excessively violent content,” wasContinue Reading
Mananthavady: The report prepared by the doctrinal commission deputed by the Syro Malabar Church says that Yoga and Christian beliefs cannot go together. The Syro-Malabar Doctrinal Commission says in its report that Christians are forced to reread the role of the traditional physical and mental regime in the context ofContinue Reading
Tran Thien Khiem, a former general and prime minister of the Republic of (South) Vietnam, received the baptism in California (United States). The ceremony ended decades of rumours according to which he was Christian during the Vietnam War, which ended with the defeat of the South. On 25 March, PalmContinue Reading
