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SYRO-MALANKARA CHURCH ELECTS TWO COADJUTOR BISHOPS

The Synod of Bishops of the eastern- rite Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, headquartered in Kerala, has elected coadjutor bishops to the dioceses of Pathanamthitta and Muvattupuzha Auxiliary Bishop Samuel Mar Irenios (Kattukallil) of Trivandrum has been elected Coadjutor Bishop of Pathanamthitta, while Bishop Yoohanon Mar Theodosius (Kochuthundil), the Curial Bishop of the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum […]

NEW FILM TELLS STORY OF IRISH NUN TEACHING IN INDIA FOR 70 YEARS

Sister India, a documentary produced by Irish film-maker Myles O’Reilly and currently being screened at a number of film festivals in Ireland and India, is the story of an Irish Presentation nun who has spent 70 years teaching in India. Sr Loreto Houlihan, born Peg Houlihan in Ireland’s Co Tipperary in 1927, reached India in […]

SAY NO TO DIVISIVE FORCES: BISHOPS

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and Odisha Bishops have urged people of Sundargarh district not to give in to divisive forces. On 1, April 2018, in the late night of Easter Sunday, some miscreants vandalized a grotto outside the compound of St. Thomas Church, Salangabahal in Raurkela diocese, Odisha, mutilated the statue of […]

PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA PROPOSES SYNOD ON WOMEN

The Catholic Church in Latin America must recognize and appreciate the role of women and end the practice of using them solely as submissive labourers in the parish, said members of a pontifical commission. In addition, at the end of their plenary meeting March 6-9 at the Vatican, members of the Pontifical Commission for Latin […]

OVER 80 PERCENTAGE OF CHRISTIANS HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM IRAQ

St Matthew Monastery, a Syriac Orthodox monastery overlooking the Nineveh Plains towns of Bashiqa and Bartella, in between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. Christians in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East are being wiped out on an unprecedented scale due to ethnic cleansing campaigns by the likes of the so-called Islamic State (IS), […]

YOUNG ENGLISH ADULTS STILL VALUE CHURCH WEDDINGS, SURVEY SHOWS

Research conducted for the Church of England suggests that almost three quarters of unmarried adults under the age of 35 still dream of getting married. The figure is taken from a survey conducted by 9 Dot-Research for the C of E’s Life Events team. It would appear to contradict statistics for the actual number of […]

POPE APOLOGIZES FOR ‘SERIOUS MISTAKES’ IN JUDGING CHILEAN ABUSE CASES

In a letter to the bishops of Chile, Pope Francis apologized for under- estimating the seriousness of the sexual abuse crisis in the country following a recent investigation into allegations concerning Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno. The pope said he made “serious mistakes in the assessment and perception of the situation, especially due to a […]

FATHER, SON FOLLOW CALLING TO BECOME CATHOLIC PRIESTS

Andrew Infanger went to Mass every Sunday, studied at parochial schools and spent part of several summers at a camp run by Benedictine monks. He earned his bachelor’s degree in theology at a small Catholic university. Still, he never really considered himself a model Christian or pious enough to become a member of the clergy. […]