By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 29, 2020: Pope Francis on August 29 transferred Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro to Brazil, South America. The Vatican has not announced the successor to Archbishop Diquattro, said the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India headquarters in New Delhi. TheContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Aug 26, 2020: Life took an unexpected turn for Sister Priya Thekkemuriyil on March 13 when she was told that Mother Mary would visit her a month later. The 46-year-old Maria Bambina nun and her companions spent the following month in intense prayer and penance. “WaitingContinue Reading
By Lima Varghese Indore, Aug 28, 2020: As many as 1,500 members of two Catholic women congregations attended two webinars on the theme of “New Wine in New Wineskin.” The participants — Sisters of St. Ann’s Bangalore and Carmelite Sisters of St Theresa (CSST) now serve in countries of African,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 27, 2020: More than 400 women’s groups and others across India plan to launch a campaign to protect constitutional rights on September 5, the third anniversary of the assassination of Gauri Lankesh, a Bengaluru-based journalist-turned-activist. The campaign titled “Hum agar uthhe nahin toh” ((IfContinue Reading
By Irudaya Jothi Kolkata, Aug 26, 2020: Father Gaston Roberge, father of film studios in India who had associated with Satyajit Ray and other top filmmakers in the world, died on August 26 in Kolkata. He was 85. “Father Gaston Roberge passed away at 8:20 this morning. He received communionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26, 2020: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, head of the Syro-Malankara Church, has come to the aid of the Jacobite faction of the Syrian Orthodox Church that has lost its places of worship in a legal battle. “With great joy, we are offering you the Syro-MalankaraContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Aug 24, 2020: A Catholic nun, who pioneered a credit society that helped change the destiny of thousands of women in Mumbai, has died of Covid-19. Sister Shakuntala, a member of Society of the Helpers of Mary for 51 years, died on August 23 atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Aug 24, 2020: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, has urged his people to observe lent for seven days from September 1 to seek divine assistance to fight the coronavirus pandemic that continues to wreak havoc in the world, especially in India. TheContinue Reading
By Percival Holt Faridabad, August 23, 2020: The National Youth Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India has decided to address the mental wellbeing of young people amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In these times of uncertainty, the commission is committed to paying attention to the psychological and mentalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 22, 2020: A forum for Catholic nuns, brothers and priests practicing as lawyers says time has come for the self-examination of the Supreme Court of India. “It is the right time for the Apex Court for its self-examination,” the National Lawyers Forum ofContinue Reading