“Communio,” a missionary initiative of the Latin-Rite Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), urged young religious nuns to commit to the work of the Church in the country.
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Arokia Raj Satis Kumar and Fr. Joseph Soosainathan as auxiliary bishops of the Bangalore Archdiocese in the Indian state of Karnataka.
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.
"The CCBI strategic planning initiative builds upon the Synod proposals and the Bangkok Document 2022 of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC), with far-reaching impacts at the national, regional, and diocesan levels," said Father Stephen