Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, on September 13 joined political and social leaders to mourn the death of Oscar Fernandes, a former federal minister. Fernandes, a member of the Congress party, died earlier in the day at Mangaluru, a port town in Karnataka state. He was hospitalized after he suffered an injury in July. He was 80. Fernandes was being treated the ICU at Yenepoya Hospital in Mangaluru after the fall during his regular morning yoga sessions.
He is survived by his wife Blossom Fernandes, son, and a daughter.
Pope Reappoints Archbishop George Antonysamy to Vatican Dicastery
Pope Leo XIV has reappointed Archbishop George Antonysamy of Madras-Mylapore as a member of the Dicastery for Evangelization, one of the Vatican’s most important departments
