On the eve of India’s 79th Independence Day on August 15, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, highlighed Christian contribution to nation-building.
An Indian Catholic priest recently made news after being named to the International Committee tasked with preparing the global celebrations for the 100th birth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI in 2027.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) expressed its deep anguish and strongly condemned the shocking mob attack on two Catholic priests and a catechist in Jaleswar in the Balasore diocese, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, on August 6, 2025.
An internationally renowned charismatic retreat center in the southern Indian state of Kerala is hosting an international youth conference from July 20 to 25, 2025.
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations of the Holy See, recently met with Dr. S. Jaishankar, India’s External Affairs Minister, and his team in New Delhi.
The National Biblical Catechetical and Liturgical Center (NBCLC), in collaboration with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Dialogue and Desk for Ecumenism, conducted a national workshop on interreligious and ecumenical ministry from April 8 to 9.
About 200 people and organizations have decried inviting Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi to the Christmas gathering hosted by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on December 23, in New Delhi.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at a Christmas gathering hosted by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on December 23, 2024, in New Delhi.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) delegation met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 12 regarding various issues affecting Christians in the country.
Alphonsus Mathias, Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore Archdiocese, passed away on July 10, 2024, at 5.20 p.m. at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, south India. He was 96 years old.
“I exhort all of you to ensure that the National Day of Fasting and Prayer is observed most fruitfully in your respective dioceses, regions, and parishes so that the power of prayer is harnessed to its fullest for the good of our nation,” Archbishop Thazhath.
