By Stephen Alathara Bengaluru, Nov 12, 2022: The 33rd plenary assembly of India’s Latin Church began with a call from Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli to promote relations with other religions with the Gandhian spirit. “All Christians must be committed to dialogue with others so that moral values are protectedContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril Benaulim, May 15, 2022: Unemployment and economic inequality force young people to migrate massively and the Church should address their needs at various levels, says a recent Church seminar. The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in India (CCBI) that organized the May 11-12Continue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril New Delhi, April 6, 2022: Catholic dioceses in northern India have decided to launch a series of steps to help the poor and migrant workers. To start with, they would launch programs to educate migrants about various government welfare programs as part of the Church’s attempts toContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Rome, Feb 17, 2022: India’s Latin-rite bishops are planning a series of events to celebrate the life and holiness of the country’s first layman and martyr who will be officially declared a saint in 3 months’ time. They are holding up the figure of Blessed Devasahayam asContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Dec 17, 2021: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferraro of Goa and Daman, the leader of the Latin rite bishops in India, on December 17 urged Catholics to make liturgical celebrations more meaningful, active and participatory. The president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI)Continue Reading
Bangalore: Father Baptist Pais was appointed the executive secretary to the Commission for Ecumenism under the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India. The 61-year-old member of the Mumbai province of the Divine World Society was made by the conference’s executive committee in a virtual meeting May 14-15. Father Pais was theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) says Catholics can in good conscience receive anti-Covid-19 vaccines produced using cells derived from aborted human fetuses in research and experimentation. The use of such vaccines does not constitute formal co-operation with abortion, says statement released MarchContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, July 16, 2020: The 33rd plenary of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI), which was scheduled to take place early next year in Odisha, has been postponed because of Covid-19 pandemic. The bi-annual CCBI assembly of Latin Rite bishops was supposed to takeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Dec 23, 2019: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the national body of the Latin rite bishops in the country, will open extension of its secretariat in Goa. Shanti Sadan (house of peace) is coming up at Benaulim, nearly 40 km south ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore, July 29, 2019: The Youth Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) is celebrating the 3rd National Youth Day on August 11, which marks a day dedicated by the Bishops of India to all the young people nationwide. CCBI is the episcopalContinue Reading
