New archbishop for Ranchi appointed
2018-06-24
Jesuit Bishop Felix Toppo of Jamshedpur has been transferred to RanchiContinue Reading
Kenyan priest suspended for rapping
2018-06-23
A priest in Kenya has been suspended for misconduct after rapping in church. Fr Paul Ogalo had been using rap music to attract youth to Church and spread messages against drugs and in favour of social justice issues. After Mass, Fr Ogalo would change from his vestments into a whiteContinue Reading
Vatican intervention brings immediate changes in Ernakulam
2018-06-23
The archdiocesan curia is reconstituted Continue Reading
MIT engineering graduate swaps career for priesthood
2018-06-21
As a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, he was affirmed in the good work he likely would have done in his career when a professor pulled him aside to tell him how well he had scored on an exam. But he was “feeling drawn moreContinue Reading
LGBT representation demanded at World Meeting of Families
2018-06-20
The Vatican’s World Meeting of Families, to be held in August in Dublin, Ireland,Continue Reading
Former football player to take vows as Franciscan nun
2018-06-20
Toronto, Ohio: Every single vocation story is different, but Sr. Rita Clare (Anne) Yoches is probably one of the more unusual. Sr. Rita Clare, who this month will profess final vows with the Franciscan Sisters T.O.R. of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother, was a four-time national champion professional football player prior to enteringContinue Reading
Youth divided on sexuality and gender: Pre-synod document
2018-06-20
Sexuality, the role of women and the desire for a Church that listens are among the main concerns for young people, the working document for the upcoming ‘youth synod’ says. Young people are living in a time of increased cultural instability, and are divided over Church teaching on contraception, homosexuality,Continue Reading
Floods force last rites on highway
2018-06-18
here has been around 3.52 mm rainfall in the past 24 hoursContinue Reading
Vatican reports ‘crisis of vocations’ as numbers fall worldwide
2018-06-16
The number of seminarians has fallen amid what a Vatican document calls a “crisis of vocations”. Between 2012 and 2016, the number of men in seminary training for the priesthood fell by nearly 4,000, to 116,160. The decline has been especially concentrated in the Americas and Europe. In Africa seminaryContinue Reading
Kandhamal tenth anniversary: Indian Church to pray for martyrs
2018-06-14
August 25 the Kandhamal anniversary dayContinue Reading