By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 19, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias has cautioned the priests of his Bombay archdiocese to not let their guard down as they have resumed pastoral activities as the administration has relaxed lockdown norms. The cardinal’s caution came in the wake of some priests succumbing toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters New Delhi, Aug 2, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, says a positive side of the coronavirus pandemic is the realization among city dwellers that they cannot live without migrants. “For the first time we realized the importance of migrants forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, July 12, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias on July 12 expressed concern over seafarers stranded in various parts of the world because of the coronavirus pandemic and assured them the Church’s prayers for their safe return home. “I want to join you my dear seafarers whoContinue Reading
Mumbai, July 1, 2020: With several parishioners unclear about the ambiguous and ever-changing guidelines the BMC issues on Catholic funerals, the office of Archdiocese of Bombay Cardinal Oswald Gracias clarified that burial is allowed at all cemeteries, and once again asked the people to ensure fewer mourners attend the service.Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 28, 2020: Catholic bishops in India on June 28 joined civil rights groups, activists and political leaders to decry the deaths of a father and his son in police custody in Tamil Nadu, southern India. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India “condemns most stronglyContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Jun 3, 2020: India’s top prelate spoke up for religious freedom and against absolutism in government. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, made his remarks in reference to Jesus’s command to “Render to Caesar things that areContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 28, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, has urged his priests to pay full salaries of March and April to those working in archdiocesan institutions. “After consulting our bishops and the Finance Office, I am directing that the March and April salaries beContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 11, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, says every citizen has a moral obligation to adhere to the government’s guidelines during the national lockdown. “Whatever the government decides, we must observe what the government tells us. If we haveContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, April 10, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, blessed the coronavirus-affected city with a relic of the Cross after the Good Friday service on April 10. The cardinal led the Way of the Cross in the Holy Name Cathedral at Nathalal Parekh Marg in Mumbai,Continue Reading
Vatican City, April 7, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India and the Vatican have welcomed the Australian High Court overturning Cardinal George Pell’s convictions for child sexual abuse. The Holy See, “which has always expressed confidence in the Australian judicial authority, welcomes the High Court’s unanimous decision concerning Cardinal GeorgeContinue Reading
