Pope Francis holds a Mass for the cardinals and bishops who have died over the course of the year at St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Nov. 3. He says people must reject pride and rivalry. World peace must begin in individuals’ hearts and in their families by...
The Bishops Conference of France (CEF) has devoted several working sessions of its latest plenary assembly, which concludes on Nov. 8, to discussing its current system of organization with a view of simplifying its national level operations and strengthening those at...
The Vatican has appointed an Indian lay leader to the 18-member Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Services, known as CHARIS. Cyril John, a former Indian bureaucrat, is one of the two Asians appointed by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. The...
No matter when someone writes to Ashish Gadnis, there is almost no chance he will answer from Austin, Texas, where he lives. He spend in Rwanda and in Brazil, before taking a flight to Myanmar. He’s not a coffee grower, but he will talk about fair trade, and with a...
India’s Catholics and Protestants jointly observed on November 11 as Dalit Liberation Sunday with liturgy and activities urging an end to discrimination suffered by people of lower-caste origins within the church and society. Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak, chairman of...
