By Purushottam Nayak Mohana, May 10, 2024: Around 15,000, including Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, on May 9 attended the golden jubilee celebrations of Berhampur diocese in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. “I am glad and happy to be with you and for you to celebrate this jubilee Mass,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Jan 31, 2024: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) began its 36th general body meeting on January 31 with a solemn Mass at St. John’s Auditorium in Bengaluru. The main celebrant was Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, the Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal. In hisContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, December 6, 2023: Will heads roll in the Syro-Malabar Church? ask media groups in Kerala after Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli air-dashed to Kochi to meet with the head of the Oriental Catholic Church. Some others wonder whether the nuncio-Cardinal George Alencherry meetingContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, Oct 25, 2023: The Vatican has given a go-ahead to start the beatification process for 35 people who were martyred for their faith during the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal in eastern India. A message from Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli to Archbishop John Barwa ofContinue Reading
By Aloysius Kantharaj Bengaluru, Nov 7, 2022: The Indian Catholic bishops’ 35th general body meeting on November 7 took off to a colorful start with the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopold Girelli celebrating the opening with more than 200 prelates as concelebrants. Present at the opening program at St John’s NationalContinue Reading
