Bishop Barthol Barretto – Matters India

Clergy urges restoration of faith and fortitude at Easter mass

On: April 16, 2017

Mumbai: The 40-day austerities of Lent dissolved in the joyous announcement of the resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter mass Saturday. The festival of Easter, the most important feast on the Christian calendar, will be celebrated Sunday April 16. The Christian community has undergone multiple trials in the past fewContinue Reading

Grassroots worker priests ordained as bishops

By: Matters India

On: January 29, 2017

In: National

MUMBAI: Some 10,000 Catholics assembled in the grounds of Don Bosco School on Jan. 28 to watch Fr Allwyn D’Silva and Fr Barthol Barretto consecrated auxiliary bishops of Bombay by Cardinal Oswald Gracias. The appointments were announced by Pope Francis December 20. Both Fr Allwyn and Fr Barthol are grassrootsContinue Reading