Monthly Archives: January 2015

TN govt orders top bureaucrat to stop preaching religion

Posted on January 29, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity

The Government should also ensure that all religious symbols are taken out of all Government Offices. A.M.Sodder Karthick S, TNN |  Taken from Times of India inShare Umashankar’s open and public preaching of Christianity has raised the hackles of right-wing … Continue reading →

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Workaholic fathers are turning children into ‘orphans’, says Francis

Posted on January 29, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity

Pontiff urges fathers to ‘waste time’ playing with their offspring in his general audience address Many children today are effectively orphans because their fathers are absorbed with work and do not play with them, Pope Francis has said. Speaking at … Continue reading →

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Reports: Pope Francis meets transgender man at the Vatican

Posted on January 29, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity

Pope Francis (CNS) Diego Neria Lejárraga wrote to Francis after being rejected by his parish, according to Spanish paper Pope Francis has held a private audience with a transgender man, according to reports in Spanish newspaper. Hoy reported that Diego … Continue reading →

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Pope decides Pallium will be given to Metropolitan Archbishops in home Diocese

Posted on January 29, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity

Gli arcivescovi metropoliti ricevono il pallio in San Pietro  Henceforth Pope Francis has decided that the public ceremony of investiture of the Pallium on Metropolitan Archbishops will henceforth take place in the prelates’ home dioceses and not in the Vatican … Continue reading →

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Mark Pinto appointed Additional Secretary at Archbishops House

Posted on January 27, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity

 

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The Church can’t flourish without fathers

Posted on January 27, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity

by Tim Stanley taken from Catholic herald.uk Cardinal Raymond Burke (CNS) Cardinal Burke was ridiculed for saying men are repelled by a ‘feminised’ Church. But he grasps that fathers have a huge influence over whether children grow up to be … Continue reading →

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Catholic ex-priests, nuns to meet in Kochi

Posted on January 25, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity

A 101-member committee, comprising former priests and nuns, has been formed for organising the conference. Kochi:  Catholic priests and nuns who have left their ministerial in the Church will meet in Kochi in late February demanding social acceptance and protection, … Continue reading →

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Masses Can Now be said in Gymkhanas , homes and Open Places in Mumbai

Posted on January 22, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity

  On 3rd December 2014, Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana had their Gymkhana Mass in the open air,  side of the Gymkhana Premises.The said mass was con-celebrated by 5 priests and attended by one priest who sat in the First row. The … Continue reading →

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Francis: “I’ll tell you about a time they tried to bribe me”

Posted on January 22, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity

(©Ansa) (©Ansa) Francis speaks to journalists on the papal flight In his interview with journalists on the return flight from Manila Francis talked about an experience he had in Buenos Aires, when officials asked for a bribe in exchange for … Continue reading →

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Lajolo on the speech to the Curia: nothing like this has ever happened before

Posted on January 17, 2015 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity

  Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo The cardinal claims: ‘The Pope talks about himself as well. Gossip can kill’ Giacomo Galeazzi Taken from Vatican Insider Vatican City‘To be honest, nothing like this has ever happened before’. Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, the former Vatican … Continue reading →

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