Bangalore 17 December 2020 (CCBI): The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India has appointed Maria Francis from the Archdiocese of Bangalore as the new National Director of YOUCAT India. She will coordinate at the national level the ministries of the YOUCAT India Missionary Movement and will guide its members. Maria Francis is an engineer by […]
Read MoreBangalore 17 December 2020 (CCBI): Most Rev. Joseph Kalathiparambil (68) Archbishop of Verapoly has appointed by Holy Father Pope Francis as one of the members of members of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples for five years. This is the second time he became the member of the Congregation. The first appointment was from […]
Read MoreBangalore 19 November, 2020 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Anthony Poola (59), currently Bishop of Kurnool, as Archbishop of Hyderabad, Telangana on Thursday, 19 November, 2020. Bishop Anthony Poola was born on 15 November, 1961, at Chindhukur, Andhra Pradesh. He joined the minor seminary in Kurnool and then studied at St. […]
Read MoreBangalore 21 October 2020 (CCBI): Pope Francis has re-nominated Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, to the Council of Cardinals advising the Holy Father for the reform of the Roman Curia and governance of the Universal Church. This was announced by the Vatican Office on October 15, 2020. As Africa was unrepresented after Cardinal Laurent […]
Read MoreBangalore 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 […]
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