By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 19, 2025: Catholics in India have joined their counterparts across the world to pray for Pope Francis, who has been undergoing treatment for double pneumonia in a Rome hospital. Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, on FebruaryContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 25, 2025: Pope Francis on January 25 accepted the resignation of Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the archbishop of Bombay, and elevated Coadjutor Bishop John Rodrigues as his successor. Cardinal Gracias, who turned 80 on December 24, 2024, had submitted his resignation five years ago, butContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Sept. 25, 2024: Archbishop Linus Neli of Imphal has requested Pope Francis to pray for the people of Manipur state in northeastern India. The archbishop made the plea on September 21during an audience with the Pope. He was in Rome to attend the September 15-22 formationContinue Reading
By Elise Ann Allen Jakarta, Sept 3, 2024: Pope Francis has arrived in Jakarta for the first of a four-leg journey to southeast Asia that will showcase not only his affinity for the continent, but also his desire to advance the cause of peace and unity amid vast cultural andContinue Reading
Vatican City, Aug 7, 2024: Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, says the many spiritual fruits produced at the Tamil Nadu’s Vailankanni Marian Shrine make people recognize the constant action of the Holy Spirit there. The cardinal sent a letter ahead ofContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, May 18, 2024: A meeting between the leaders of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and Pope Francis is causing some controversy in the Eastern Rite Church. “This is where the devil — the devil exists — the divider, creeps in thwarting the most heartfelt desire the LordContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Our world today (particularly, India) is broken and fragmented; divisiveness, hate and violence hold way! The people cry out for exemplars: women and men who can transcend exclusiveness, pettiness and jingoism! Those who have the prophetic courage to be visible and vocal and who make efforts toContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 14, 2024: Archbishop Geevaghese Mar Ivanios, the first head of the Syro-Malankara Church, advanced on the sainthood path on March 14 when Pope Francis elevated him as a Venerable. Archbishop Ivanios, who is known as the Newman of the East, is currently a ServantContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Feb 5, 2024: Fraternity is very close to the heart of Pope Francis. Historians will employ ‘fraternity’ as an important key to unlock, understand and interpret the ministry of Pope Francis. Personally, he embodies the virtue of fraternity even as he regularly refers to itContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Kochi, Jan 26, 2024: Nuns in a southern Indian archdiocese find themselves caught between a papal order and the local priests and Catholics who defy the pope’s ultimatum on how to celebrate Mass. The situation in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese is “disgusting and frightening,” said Sr. Linet ofContinue Reading
