Sabarimala temple: Supreme Court overturns ban on women
2018-09-29
Barring women aged 10 to 50 is unconstitutional.Continue Reading
Kandhamal Vincentians observe patron’s day
2018-09-28
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia: The Vincentian families in Kandhamal, Odisha, on September 27 celebrated the feast of their patron Saint Vinent De Paul. Around 300 children of Kandhamal survivors and lay people joined six priests of the Congregation of the Mission and 20 members of the Daughters of Charity, bothContinue Reading
Church needs to take proactive stand in current crises
2018-09-27
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: “It is time we ponder on a proactive stand on our religious life: it is relevance and need for people and Church today,” said Capuchin Father Nithiya Sagayam, human rights activist and retreat preacher. Speaking to Matters India, in the backdrop of latest sex scandalsContinue Reading
German bishops apologize for sexual abuse in Church
2018-09-27
The head of the German bishops conference formally apologized for sexual abuse in the church, saying it “has been denied, turned away from and covered up for far too long.” “Sexual abuse is a crime,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising told a news conference Sept. 25 in Fulda,Continue Reading
Catholic Priests honour Odisha’s human rights activist, social worker
2018-09-26
By Augustine Singh Bhubaneswar: The Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI), an association of progressive diocesan priests, honoured a Catholic priest from Odisha, Eastern India, for his commitment to promoting minority and human rights. “We are honouring Ajay Kumar Singh, a clergy of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Archdiocese, Odisha, at the CPCI nationalContinue Reading
Abuse scandals driving young people away from Church : Pope Francis
2018-09-26
Pope Francis admitted that sex abuse scandals surrounding the Catholic Church have driven younger people away. “We know – and you have told us – that many young people do not turn to us for anything because they don’t feel we have anything meaningful to say to them,” he toldContinue Reading
Hundreds attend installation of relic Host in Kerala church
2018-09-22
By K J Thomas Vilakannur: Hundreds of people from different religions on September 21 thronged a church in Kerala for in the installation of a Host on which a face resembling that of Jesus appeared five years ago. Archbishop George Njaralakatt of Tellicherry led the Mass at Christ the KingContinue Reading
Australia’s former atheist governor general becomes Catholic
2018-09-19
Bill Hayden, 85, became a Catholic after a lifetime as a declared atheistContinue Reading
Pope Francis warns priests against living a double life
2018-09-17
During a day trip to Sicily on Sept 15, Pope Francis told priests and religious to fight their vices and strive to live a consistent witness of morality. “One cannot live a double morality: one for the people of God and another in their own home,” the pope told aContinue Reading
50,000 attend Marian chariot procession in Bengaluru
2018-09-10
Shivajinagar is host to a historical temple, mosque and Basilica for over a centuryContinue Reading