Panaji: Goa Church will issue guidelines to Christians to help them decide “the right candidate” to vote for in the next year’s Assembly elections. The Church, however, clarified that it will not canvass for any candidate or the party. “Elections to the legislative assembly are approaching and Church leadership inContinue Reading
Goa: Future priests would be ready to be builder of the church. Thus said Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt of Palai (Kerala) addressing the 16th annual meet of the Association of Rectors of Major Seminaries (ARMS) in India at St Joseph Vaz Spiritual Renewal Centre, Goa on Nov 3. The Nov. 3-7Continue Reading
Panaji: Governor Dr Mridula Sinha, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar and Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrão have extended their warmest greetings and sincere wishes to the people of Goa on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. In her message, the Governor has said, “Id-ul-Fitr is a festival which comes back every year toContinue Reading
Panaji: While expressing grief over the massacre of four Missionaries of Charity nuns in Yemen, archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao and the archdiocese of Goa and Daman prayed for the release of Salesian priest Fr Tom Uzhunnalil. In a statement issued by the diocesan centre for social communications media, archbishop FilipContinue Reading
Panaji: Goa is plunging into a “new and ever-greater form of intolerance” which includes crime against women and children and that an attempt to “polarise” majority against minority is being made by inciting hatred among people, the state’s archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao said Monday. He also observed that the ethos ofContinue Reading
Panaji: The church in Goa is preparing for XIV ordinary synod on the family in Vatican from October 4 to October 25, 2015, and archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao has issued a pastoral letter to the priests and laity with an appeal to strengthen family life. The pastoral letter 2015-16 titledContinue Reading