The solemn feast of St Joseph Vaz, Patron of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, was celebrated on January 16, 2025, at the site of the Old Church of Our Lady of Health, Rua Escravo de Maria, Sancoale, Goa, southwest India.
Pope Francis criticized Portuguese Catholic institutions for disregarding a decades-old sexual scandal that damaged their credibility and lost followers.
The Prerna Kala Manch (Inspirational Art Forum) campaigns to make creative interventions towards the promotion of human rights, primary education, communal harmony, community building and health, developing the fullness of life, cultural development, and people’s organization.
The Indian women's memorandum to the president read, "We are outraged by the video depicting the unspeakable crimes of the mob that stripped, physically and sexually assaulted, groped, slapped, paraded naked, and gang-raped three women from the Kuki tribe in Manipur."
“It would not be advisable for you to authorize the aforementioned celebration under any form,” Cardinal Luis Ladaria, SJ, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith.
The Christian Organization for Relief and Rehabilitation (CORR)-The Jute Works (CJW), a church-based handicraft cooperative in Bangladesh, opened its golden jubilee of existence on July 26.
"We are equally worried about the actual situation and the future of those who have fled from these places, as well as the future of their children, amid all these vulnerabilities," said Thazhath.
