By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, March 10, 2025: More than 28,000 Catholics from 167 parishes joined this year’s walking pilgrimage organized by the archdiocese of Goa and Daman. The annual Lenten program with the theme, “As Pilgrims of Hope, let us Proclaim the Good News,” began at 2 am on MarchContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Old Goa, Feb 21, 2025: A two-day meeting in Goa has reaffirmed the Church’s commitment to migrant care and advocacy, urging dioceses and religious congregations to become protagonists of change in fostering a more inclusive and compassionate society. “The members of the Church must become signsContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Daringbadi, Feb 7, 2025: Cardinal Felipe Neri Ferrao, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), has congratulated the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar for producing 35 martyrs of faith. The cardinal’s message was read by Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore, newly elected CCBI vice president, atContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 30, 2025: The Catholic bishops of India on January 30 offered prayers and Mass for the victims of a stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), a town in Uttar Pradesh state. The stampede on early January 29 at the largest religiousContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Old Goa, Dec 11, 2023: Catholic communicators in India have resolved to become digital missionaries to save young people from enslaving vices and fight fake news that threatens democracy. “We live in a world where the presence of digital media impacts the values, belief systems, and theContinue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes, Nirmala Carvalho New Delhi, Nov 21, 2023: Devotees flocked to shrines dedicated to Venerable Agnelo in various places in India on his 96th death anniversary. “Venerable Agnelo is an inspiration for Catholics in their journey of faith,” said Cardinal Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, president of the ConferenceContinue Reading
By Lissy Kurian Panaji, June 14, 2023: Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, the archbishop of Goa and Daman, has urged his people to reach out to those keeping away from the Church such as people in live-in relations. “Jesus was a leader who went in search of (lost) people. Likewise, weContinue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes Pilar, Oct 3, 2022: Cardinal Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrao, Archbishop of Goa and Daman, has ordained ten Society of Pilar seminarians as deacons. The rite of the diaconate ordination was held October 2 in the seminary’s chapel in Pilar, the headquarters of the congregation, officially known asContinue Reading
