By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 9, 2021: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) December 9 joined national and international leaders to express shock and sadness over a chopper crash that killed 13 people, including India’s Chief of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat. The crash occurred December 8 when Rawat,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 19, 2020: Archbishop Felix Machado of Vasai, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, has urged Catholics to stand with the poor who are considered “useless objects” by the modern economic system. The poor have become ‘insignificant,’ a non-person, without anyContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Feb 21, 2020: The Catholic Church in India has mourned the death of Monsignor Hilary Rodrigues, a pioneer of Interreligious dialogue in India and close friend of Saint Teresa of Kolkata. He was 93. The monsignor died on February 20 from old age ailments at theContinue Reading
By John L. Allen Rome, September 24, 2019: For almost a decade under St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, then-Monsignor Felix Machado was a primary architect of the Vatican’s inter-religious outreach, including putting together a star-studded 2002 summit of religious leaders in Assisi as a follow-up to JohnContinue Reading