Jesuit Father Vasco do Rego, a noted Goan crusader and Konkani stalwart, died. The death occurred at 9:45 pm on February 17 in Pune, Maharashtra. He was 95.
The funeral will be held on February 19 at St Xavier’s Church in Pune. Father Rego was widely acknowledged for contributing to the Church in Goa in the fields of liturgy in Konkani and translation and editing work of the Konkani Bible.
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,”
