Creating an Amazonian-rite liturgy and new ministries for laypeople, including the ordination of women deacons, are some of the recurring proposals made by small groups at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. Such proposals, one group said, would increase as well as...
The Church in England and Wales rounded off almost a month of celebrations for the canonisation of St John Henry Newman with a service of ecumenical vespers at West-minster Cathedral. The Archbishop of Canter-bury, Justin Welby, who preached at the service – which was...
Proposals at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon for indigenous – or Amazonian-rite ceremonies are meant to enhance and enrich the liturgy with cultural signs and gestures, not change what is essential for Catholics, a bishop said. Spanish-born Bishop Rafael...
Catholic bishops are not fully utilizing Church Law to maximize the role of women in decision making capacities, Cardinal Oswald Gracias said on October 23. While acknowledging that women are unable to hear confession, say Mass, or administer confirmation, “she can do...
The current trends of ideo-logical dogmatism are posing “danger” to India’s scientific temper, said the Association of Christian Philosophers of India (ACPI). “India’s contribution to science has been immense. There has been a scientific temper down the ages, which is...
