Bishop Susaimanickam of Sivagangai Retired
Bangalore 25 September, 2020 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of His Excellency Most Rev. Jebamalai Susaimanickam (75) from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Sivagangai, Tamilnadu on 25 September, 2020. He was shepherding the diocese of Sivagangai for the last fifteen years (2005-2020) Bishop Susaimanickam was born on 25 September1945, […]
Read MoreIn Ever Loving Memory of Our dear Joseph Chennoth !
We meet many people in the journey of our lives but very few get a place in our hearts. Archbishop Joseph Chennoth was such a friendly person, who could conquer the hearts of people with a cheerful face. He had a fatherly affection and no one will be able to forget his smile. I thank […]
Read MoreRev.Fr Msgr Dr Antony Kozhuvanal is, indeed, more than a person, or an institution or a movement.
Rev.Fr Msgr Dr Antony Kozhuvanal is, indeed, more than a person, or an institution or a movement. He is truly an ” Event” in our times. A scholar of repute, an organiser of the first order, an administrator unique anda priest par excellence, the Holy See of Rome directly raised him to the title of […]
Read MoreArchbishop Joseph Chennoth, Nuncio to Japan Passed Away
Bangalore 8 September, 2020 (CCBI): Indian Archbishop Joseph Chennoth (76) Apostolic Nuncio to Japan passed away on 7 September 2020, due to massive heart attack in Tokyo. He was a priest from the Ernakulam-Angamaly, Syro-Malabar Archdiocese, Kerala. His funeral details are yet announced. From 15 August 2011 onwards he is the Apostolic Nuncio to Japan.Archbishop […]
Read MoreRev.Fr. Dr.Joychen Paranjattu has been appointed Vicar General of the Syro Malabar Eparchy of Rajkot
Rev. Fr. (Dr.) Joychen Paranjattu has been appointed Vicar General of the Syro Malabar Eparchy of Rajkot. Fr. Joychen hails from Moozhoor, Pala. He has secured his doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. Currently he is serving as Vicar of St. Thomas Catholic Church, Gandhidham and is the Director of Youth […]
Read MoreVatican ambassador to India transferred to Brazil
New Delhi, Aug 29, 2020: Pope Francis on August 29 transferred Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro to Brazil, South America. The Vatican has not announced the successor to Archbishop Diquattro, said the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India headquarters in New Delhi. The outgoing nuncio, who was nominated to India on January […]
Read MoreTurkey turns second historic Istanbul church into mosque
Rome Newsroom, Aug 21, 2020 / 05:30 am MT (CNA).- A month after the former cathedral Hagia Sophia was converted from a museum into a mosque, another Istanbul church-museum, renowned for its exquisite Byzantine mosaics, will undergo the same transformation. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, ordered Friday that the 700-year-old Chora Church — currently the […]
Read MoreCatholic Missionary Interventions and Best Practices in the Context of Pandemic Covid-19 in India
Today the whole world is living under the fear of Covid-19. In this situation of pandemic, everyone is in the shadow of kindness. The Church, Government and organizations are facing stark realities and in confusion not knowing how to move ahead with the existing situations. It is impossible to say what the solution is, but […]
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