Pope Francis has appointed Father Antony Valunkal as the auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Verapoly in Kerala. The 54-year-old bishop-elect is currently the rector and parish priest of the National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom in Vallarpadam, Kochi.

Consistory to reflect on Church’s mission to communicate God’s love
In a letter to the Cardinals ahead of a late-June Consistory, Pope Leo XIV calls for a deeper reflection on the themes of “Evangelii gaudium,”


