By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 27, 2026: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) accorded a warm farewell to Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, who concluded his mission after five years of service. The April 23 gathering was hosted at the Apostolic NunciatureContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 14, 2026: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has pledged its support for Leo XIV’s urgent appeal for peace, declaring that the pope’s message offers “a beacon of hope” for Middle East nations torn by conflict. In a statement issued AprilContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vailankanni, Oct 1, 2025: Around 1,400 representatives from 132 Latin rite dioceses in India attended the Jubilee of Women that concluded on October 1 at Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu. The Commission for Women of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) organized the three-day event atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, May 8, 2028: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) on May 8 expressed “heartfelt gratitude and great joy” over the election of Pope Leo XIV as the 267th successor of Saint Peter. The papal conclave on May 8 elected the American-born Cardinal RobertContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Bengaluru, March 14, 2025: Seminaries and formation centers of the Church should get involved with people’s lives, particularly by fostering sensitivity toward migrants and displaced persons, said Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur of Raipur, the chairman of the Commission for Migrants under the Conference of Catholic Bishops ofContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Bangalore, Sept 27, 2024: The Catholic Church in India has unveiled a digital portal aimed at supporting migrants across the country. The portal was officially launched by Cardinal Philip Neri Ferrão, the Archbishop of Goa and the president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI).Continue Reading
Bangalore, Sept 9, 2024: Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), has urged people working for the conference to serve the Church with joy and dedication. The cardinal was addressing the staff of various CCBI secretariats on September 9 at Paalanaa Bhavana inContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Manila, Feb 19, 2024: As many as 54 people, including 22 from India, working among migrants in Asia were given special training to attend to migrants in the subcontinent. The February 12-17 program in the Philippines capital of Manila was organized by the Vatican Dicastery for IntegratedContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Oct 23, 2023: The Conference of Catholic Bishops in India (CCBI) has organized a public strategic planning workshop for the Church in Odisha to help it focus on Synodality, Vatican-II documents, and New Evangelization in multi-religious and cultural contexts. The October 16-18 workshop “was to revisitContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, January 23, 2023: Cardinal Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, head of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization, will attend the 34th plenary assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the national association of the country’s Latin rite prelates. The January 24-25 annual plenary atContinue Reading
