Kolkata Religious admire diocesan priests

Religious brothers and sisters in Kolkata admired diocesan priests for their hard work at a program as part the ongoing Year for Priests observance.
“We want to tell you that we are proud of you,” Franciscan Sister Celine Xavier, vice-president of the Conference of Religious India’s Kolkata unit told the gathering of about 400 men and [...]

Web-directory lists bishops, dioceses

A web directory on Church’s bishops and priests–Catholic-hierarchy.org–lists all the prelates and their dioceses in the world alphabetically and  naiton-wise, making it an easy reference source.
The site shares historical and current information about all the bishops and their dioceses in the world. Besides bishops’ names, it also gives the dates of their ordination, episcopal consecration and [...]

Catholic priest stabbed to death in Vasai

Unidentified persons have stabbed to death a 74-year-old Catholic priest in Vasai diocese in western India in a suspected robbery attempt, diocesan officials said.
Some Catholics found the body of Father Peter Bombaci in a pool of blood Thursday morning at his residence, a short distance from the diocesan headquarters.
“I found the body of Father Peter [...]

‘India slow in protecting victims of violence’

The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)  has put India on its “watch list” for a second time saying the nation experiences continued attacks on Christians and Muslims and their places of worship.
The commission’s annual report released today said “multitude of religious communities has historically coexisted peacefully” in India. But government moves are inadequate protect [...]

Ballot forms ‘safe’ at bishop’s house

Guarding ballots for the May 10 election has started for Bangued diocese where truckloads of forms have arrived in the compound of the bishop’s house.
A Philippine National Police team from outside Abra Province in northern Philippines has been guarding the padlocked trucks around the clock since they arrived on April 26.
Divine Word Bishop Leopoldo Jaucian [...]

Water ‘evangelizes’ in drought-hit area

A Catholic diocese in a drought-hit central Indian area has set up three kiosks to provide drinking water to passersby, a service its bishop says helps the Church reach out to people.
“We are sharing God’s gift with the needy,” Bishop Devprasad Ganawa of Jhabua said about the service in tribal dominated Jhabua district.
As daytime temperatures [...]

Sheshan shrine readies for World Expo visitors

The popular Sheshan Marian shrine in Shanghai is preparing to handle a large influx of visitors as the Month of Mary coincides with the start of the six-month-long Shanghai World Expo.
The international fair starts on May 1, the beginning of the busiest month for the Marian shrine that is located on a hill in Shanghai.
Shrine [...]

Google fined for ‘pedophile’ libel against priest

A Brazilian court has fined Google $8500 after an anonymous internet user posted defamatory messages on its Orkut social networking site against a priest, calling him a “pedophile”.
A court in the state of Minas Gerais ruled in favour of the 54-year-old priest, identified by his initials J.R., after rejecting Google’s argument that it was not [...]

Catholic population rises in Africa, Asia

Roughly one in five of the world’s priests now come from Africa or Asia, the latest edition of the Vatican’s Statistical Yearbook shows.
While European priests in 2000 accounted for nearly 51 percent of the world’s priests, eight years later, that figure dropped to 47 percent, E-Taiwan News notes.
Data released on Tuesday show the number of [...]

Bishops finalize draft code against abuse

Indian bishops’ top decision making body has finalized a draft code to protect children from abusive priests, suggesting to report allegations to police and defrocking those found guilty.
The standing committee of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India finalized the draft during their four-day meting in Bangalore that ended April 28. The draft [...]

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