Krishnagar, July 23, 2022: More than 4,000 people July 23 attended the episcopal ordination of Salesian Bishop Nirmol Vincent Gomes of Krishnagar in West Bengal state. After the ordination at Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer in Krishnagar, the new bishop asked the...
Cardinal-Elect Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman in the western Indian state of Goa launched the Indian edition of Desiderio Desideravi, Pope Francis’ apostolic letter on the liturgical formation of lay people on July 9. Archbishop Ferrao, president of the...
A Nigerian Catholic priest abducted last week was found murdered while his colleague managed to escape from his captors in the northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said. Fathers John Mark Cheitnum and Donatus Cleophas were seized in the town of Lere when...
An archbishop of Eastern Rite Syro-Malabar Church re-signed following the Vatican’s directions. No reason were given. It may be part of the programme Vatican initiates dealing with land sale issue as well as liurgial difference of view. Archbishop Antony Kariyil, the...
Church officials in the southern Indian state of Kerala are upset with the provincial government for refusing to pay financial compensation to Catholic nuns who died of Covid-19. Authorities declined to pay the Covid-19 death compensation of Rs 50,000 (US$625) each to...
