By Carlos Luis Bengaluru, Jan 2, 2023: To support the holistic development of people and communities, new technologies must constantly be focused on promoting peace and the common good. Pope Francis calls on world leaders to ensure that advancements in artificial intelligence development will eventually advance human brotherhood and peaceContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Dec 18, 2023: In a groundbreaking declaration, the Vatican announced December 18 that same-sex couples and others, living in irregular relationships, could seek and receive a blessing. Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernadez, the recently appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine for the Faith announcedContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 13, 2023: Pope Francis has revealed that he will be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The Pope, who has shunned much of the Vatican’s pomp and privilege, has decided to vastly simplify the elaborate funeral rites for a pontiff and be theContinue Reading
By Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican City, Dec 12, 2023: Pope Francis on December 11 received in audience Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, the Pontifical Delegate to the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, on the eve of the latter’s departure for Kerala, southern India, the base of the Syro-Malabar Church. On December 7 December, PopeContinue Reading
By Carlos Luis Bengaluru, Dec 11, 2023: Every year on November 20, we mark Universal Children’s Day. The United Nations General Assembly created this day in 1954 with the goals of fostering global consciousness among youth, fostering international unity, and enhancing the welfare of children. The UN General Assembly approvedContinue Reading
By Carlos Luis Bengaluru, Dec 8, 2023: Liturgy is the source and summit of Christian life. It is a nursery of Christian life wherein one learns the basic principles and understands the importance of celebrating one’s life. It is in the liturgy that one can experience the Love of ChristContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Dec 7, 2023: Putting an end to speculations and rumors over the Vatican ambassador’s sudden and brief visit to the Kochi airport, the Syro-Malabar Church on December 7 announced that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of its major archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry. The PopeContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Dec 6, 2023: Pope Francis on November 10 wrote a personal letter to four German women who recently shared with him their concerns about the direction the German synodal path is taking. The German synodal way has been in the news for the last severalContinue Reading
By Joseph Victor Edwin Bengaluru, Nov 24, 2023: Pope Francis speaks a language that is close to us, and resonates with our experiences, sys Father Felix Wilfred, a renowned Asian theologian. The former professor of the State University of Madras and current director of the Chennai-based Asian Centre for Cross-CulturalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Oct 24, 2023: Taking a cue from Pope Francis, Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, archbishop of Goa and Daman, has invited the priests, Religious and lay people in the western Indian archdiocese to observe October 27 as a day of prayer, penance and fasting for peace.Continue Reading
