Lay Catholics asked to share parish leadership responsibilities
Bishop Jose Thekkumcherikunnel of Jalandhar urges shared responsibility, self-reliance and greater lay participation as diocesan parishes adapt to funding changes.
Cardinal calls for harmony on Ganesh Chaturthi festival
Goa Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão extends warm greetings, urging collaboration to protect human dignity, natural beauty, and local community harmony.
Dindigul administrator urges prayer, unity during wait for bishop
Archbishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu urges Catholics to remain united in prayer, embrace life’s crosses with faith, love and hope in Christ.
Church mandates Deepika newspaper subscription to empower community
Syro-Malabar Changanacherry Archdiocese launched a campaign mandating Deepika newspaper subscriptions to ensure community empowerment across all its parishes in Kerala.
Northeast India bishops urge dialogue, justice and peace in Manipur
Catholic bishops in northeast India condemn violence in Manipur, urge people to pursue dialogue, justice, forgiveness, reconciliation and lasting peace.
Jubilee celebration announced for St. Francis Year
Archbishop Thomas Tharayil of Changanacherry invites Catholics to participate in the Francis Jubilee Year assembly, embrace the saint’s enduring spirit.
Hyderabad Archdiocese solicits aid for Nepal flood victims
Cardinal Anthony Poola calls on his Hyderabad Archdiocese for prayers and special collections to support Nepal’s devastating flash flood victims.
Diocese promulgates circular calling for daily rosary prayers
Syro Malabar Belthangady Diocese urges the faithful to pray the rosary for peace, family unity, young people, and the sick.
The Gospel of a Just Peace
Ukrainian Redemptorist Father Ihor stressed Ukraine’s fight is for survival and just peace amid fears that geopolitical calculations overshadow justice.
Caritas India fights malnutrition through community food model
Caritas India extends support to marginalised households to increase access to and consumption of diversified foods through local community action.
Syro Malabar Synod calls for unity, missionary renewal despite challenges
The Synod identified demographic decline, weakening ecclesial spirit, youth disengagement and insufficient presence in mainstream society as major challenges today.
Vallarpadam Basilica unites devotion to Mary, Holy Spirit
Bishop Antony Valumkal highlights Vallarpadam Basilica’s unique devotion to the Holy Spirit and Blessed Virgin Mary and its spiritual heritage.
Tamil Nadu Dalit transformation through do no harm approach
“From womb to tomb,” Dalit Catholics face oppression; Tamil Nadu Bishops train 500 groups in Do No Harm social transformation.
Pastoral message focuses on scripture, children, suffering
Bishop Ambrose Pitchaimuthu calls Catholic faithful in Vellore Diocese to embrace Mary, carry burdens, and live God’s Scripture during September.
Thrissur archbishop defends hospitals against nurses’ strike
Thrissur’s Archbishop Andrews Thazhath clarified the Church’s stance on nurses strikes while defending church-run mission hospital operations and affordable healthcare.