By Matters India Reporter Miao, August 8, 2026: Pope Leo has appointed Salesian Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao in India’s Arunachal Pradesh state to the Vatican’s International Council for Catechesis, the Dicastery for Evangelization announced. The five-year appointment was confirmed in a July 30 letter from Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Pro-PrefectContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter VATICAN CITY, August 6, 2026: Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Maria Nirmalini, Superior General of the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, as a Consultor of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. The appointment, formally communicated in a Vatican decreeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter BENGALURU, March 28, 2026: The Archbishop of Bangalore has issued clarifications on several debated issues within the local church, including priestly formation, episcopal appointments and the language of worship, stressing that decisions rest with the Holy See and not on regional or cultural considerations. “As certainContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Vilakkannur, May 9, 2025: The Vatican has approved the appearance of Christ’s face on a Sacred Host during Mass in a Kerala church 12 years ago as a Eucharistic miracle. Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry on May 9 said the apostolic nuncio to India had relayed theContinue Reading
By Abraham Mathai Mumbai, Dec 30, 2023: The recent announcement by the Vatican, that same sex couples and others living in irregular relationships could seek and receive a blessing is extremely despicable and shocking. This totally negates and contravenes the very tenets of the Bible stated in the ten commandments,Continue Reading
By Nathanial Xavier Rome, July 8, 2022: Stella Maris, global ship visiting network, has backed an urgent call from the Vatican for all seafarers to be granted shore leave immediately. In a message ahead of Sea Sunday on July 10, the Vatican said that some governments and some shipping companiesContinue Reading
By Lisa Zengarini Vatican City, April 6, 2022: The Vatican has called for closer international cooperation to ensure that victims of human trafficking receive adequate care and appropriate forms of restoration. Monsignor Janusz Urbańczyk, the Vatican Permanent Observer to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), reaffirmed thisContinue Reading
Vatican City, Mar 4, 2022: Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan in July, the Vatican announced March 3. The Holy See press office said the Pope would visit the African nations July 2-7, “at the invitation of their respective heads of state andContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has announced that it found the allegations against Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio to “not to have the semblance of truth” following an independent investigation that lasted over a year. A statement released by the Archdiocese of New York on SeptemberContinue Reading
Geneva: Independent human rights experts working with the United Nations have urged the Vatican to do more to stop and prevent violence and sexual abuse against children, citing “persistent allegations of obstruction and lack of cooperation” from the Catholic Church, the UN human rights office said. The four experts, inContinue Reading
