Conference of Catholic Bishops of India

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India plenary assembly is scheduled to take place from January 28 to February 4, 2025 in Odisha, eastern India.

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) on January 4 made the Working Document for its Plenary Assembly public.

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), expressed heartfelt condolences on the demise of Dr. Manmohan Singh, a former Prime Minister of India and renowned economist and statesman.

The Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) released two books: “Complementary Norms to the Code of Canon Law” and “User Guide for Book VI of the Code of Canon Law."

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, issued the Indian edition of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation "Laudate Deum" ("Praise Be To You") at the South Asian Bishops' training program in Kathmandu, Nepal.

"We are all authors of Instrumentum Laboris for the XVI Ordinary Synod Assembly. All our voices have a place in the document," said Father Costa.

Pope appoints Cardinal Filipe Neri as a member of the Section for Fundamental Issues of Evangelization in the World (New Evangelization) of the Dicastery for Evangelization.

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão (69), Archbishop of Goa and Daman was re-elected as the President of the Latin Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) by the 33rd Plenary Assembly held at St. John’s National Institute of Health Sciences, Bangalore from 11 to 12 November 2022. Archbishop George Antonysamy (69) of Madras- Mylapore and Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto (68), of Delhi, were also re-elected CCBI Vice President and Secretary General respectively.

Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, said that the role of the PROs is like a water pipe, bringing information to people.

Unemployment and economic inequality force young people to migrate massively, says the Indian bishops’ conference.

Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) under the banner of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) organized the 4th National Conference at Pastoral Centre, Nadiad, Gujarat, western India from April 26 to May 1.

Northern Dioceses in India highlight the importance of pastoral and human responsibility towards the migrants.