By George Joseph Thrissur, April 9, 2026: Trichur Archdiocese in Kerala has taken another step in expanding services for people with disabilities, inaugurating the first fully accessible Via Crucis Tactilis for blind and visually impaired devotees at the Our Lady of Dolours Shrine Basilica. The launch, held in connection withContinue Reading
Vatican City: The president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, has supported a suggestion that Catholics and Orthodox work to agree on a common date to celebrate Easter. A representative of the Patriarchate of Constantinople to the World Council of Churches (WCC) said a common EasterContinue Reading
June 6, 2020: The Orthodox Church of Greece has proscribed yoga as “absolutely incompatible” with Christianity and not a “kind of exercise” since “yoga is a fundamental part of the religion of Hinduism.” The Synodal Committee on Heresies under Abp. Ieronymos II of Athens and all Greece announced on JuneContinue Reading
The President of Germany has called for the Catholic Church to allow Protestants to receive Communion. Speaking at Katholikentag, a major conference for German-speaking Catholics in Münster, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said: “Let us seek ways of expressing the common Christian faith by sharing in the Last Supper and Communion. I amContinue Reading
Catholic groups in Mumbai are debating about yoga’s compatibility with their religious beliefs.Continue Reading
Thrissur: Even though the Catholic Church recently stated that it did not have any “doctrinal objections” against cremation there appears to be few takers for it. According to church historians and theologians a transition from burial to cremation may take time as it involves embracing a radically different belief systemContinue Reading
