Latin-rite bishops reflect on ‘mission of the Church’
2018-07-10
The July 2-7 meet sought ways to help the Church seek out, touch and heal the wounds of Jesus in suffering humanityContinue Reading
Cardinal who announced Pope Francis’s election dies
2018-07-07
French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, an experienced diplomat and head of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, has died at the age of 75 in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was receiving medical treatment. The cardinal, who had been living with Parkinson’s disease, led a Vatican delegation to Saudi Arabia in April.Continue Reading
Vatican updates rules on consecrated virgins
2018-07-05
The Vatican has issued a new instruction on Consecrated Virginity as the vocation experiences increasing interest. The document, titled Ecclesiae Sponsae Imago, comes after requests from bishops across the world for clarity on the role of consecrated virgins, as more women discern the vocation. A consecrated virgin is a womanContinue Reading
Divine Word society elects Indonesian as superior general
2018-07-04
Father Paul Budi Kleden is the second Asian to head the congregationContinue Reading
Pope Francis asks Catholics to pray for Priests in July
2018-07-04
In his prayer intention for the month of July 2018, Pope Francis said: “Let us pray together that priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests.” It has becomeContinue Reading
Mangalore diocese gets new bishop
2018-07-03
The bishop-elect is currently a professor at the Pontifical Urbanian University in RomeContinue Reading
Kerala church urged to allow nuns to hear confession
2018-07-03
Thiruvananthapuram: Citing the alleged sexual abuse of a married woman by five priests, women members of a Kerala-based outfit on July 1, sought reform of the centuries-old method of sacrament of confession, saying nuns should also be allowed to perform the penance for women. Representatives of the Kerala Church ActContinue Reading
‘Mother Teresa in pants’ builds city for the poor
2018-07-02
Rome: “God’s Mason,” “Mother Teresa with pants,” “God’s soldier,” “the apostle of garbage” and “the insurgent of Madagascar” are but a handful of the nicknames given to Father Pedro Opeka, nominated multiple times for the Nobel Peace Prize, who’s also a recipient of France’s Legion of Honor and several papalContinue Reading
Lack of evaluation will disintegrate religious congregation: Montfort scholar
2018-07-01
Paul Raj sees a decline in leadership quality in religious congregationsContinue Reading
Syro-Malabar expansion for evangelization, not colonization: Archbishop
2018-07-01
Church needs globalization, not colonization Continue Reading