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.
Dioceses
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nagpur Archdiocese seeks new culture of working, governing
Nagpur Archdiocese is reshaping its pastoral work around collaboration, community leadership, training, inclusion and people-led development for future through 2030.
Priests urged to transform parishes into spaces for empowerment
Bishop Sagayaraj Thamburaj of Tanjore urged priests to transform parishes into spaces empowering communities through education, participation, and social advancement.
Thamarassery Diocese honours late bishop’s lasting legacy
India’s Syro Malabar Diocese of Thamarassery is marking six years since Bishop Paul Chittilapilly’s passing, honouring his foundational pastoral leadership.
Pondicherry Church marks Paris Foreign Missions legacy at 250
Archbishop Francis Kalist highlights MEP missionaries’ contributions to clergy formation, education, hierarchy, social justice and a self-governing local Church today.
Bishop highlights clergy-laity bond, calls Church to pray
Syro-Malabar Bishop Sebastian Adayanthrath of Mandya urged the faithful to sustain their priests through prayer ahead of their annual retreat.