Former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore Rev. M. Ambrose Madalaimuthu passed away on Sunday at a private hospital here. He was 85. Liaison Priest of the Diocese Thadeaus said the former Bishop died around 3.20 p.m. after a brief illness.The funeral would be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at St. Michael’s Cathedral Grounds. Till then the body would be kept at the centenary auditorium of...
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Benedict XVI has been invited to speak at Durham Cathedral when he visits the UK in 2010.The invitation, from a partnership of Anglicans and Catholics, follows a visit by a Vatican representative to Durham University in March.It was made by Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham, and is supported by Bishop Seamus Cunningham of the Catholic diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.Bishop Wright said: "Durham has in recent...
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Cardinal Wiseman School in Ealing, west London, is proud of its headteacher. Its website trumpets a "track record of outstanding achievement" beginning in September 1997 when "a new headteacher, Mr Patrick, arrives." The school's GCSE results in 1998 and 1999 were the best it had known. In 1999 it was named the second most improved school in London by the Times Educational Supplement and one of the...
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move to create Syro-Malabar Diocese, for the benefit of Malayalam speaking people by carving out ten churches of the Madras-Mylapore Diocese, received a grave set back with a large section of Tamil Speaking Catholic Christians vehemently opposed the move.Archbishop A M Chinnappa of Madras-Mylapore Diocese, who convened a meeting to consider the demand for creating Madras- Mylaore Syro-Malabar Diocese,...
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reposed confidence in the State to resolve the issue of attacks on churches. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran and Justice Mohan Shantangouder passed the order in a public interest litigation (PIL) petition by Catholic Sabha of Diocese of Mangalore and others. The petitioners had urged the court to direct the State to protect the rights of minorities, particularly Christians.The...
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The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island says he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop receiving Holy Communion in 2007 because of the lawmaker's stand on what he called moral issues.Kennedy told The Providence Journal in a story published Sunday that Bishop Thomas Tobin "instructed" him not to receive Communion because of his abortion rights stance. Kennedy said diocesan priests have been told not to...
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The Dalit Christian Rights Association (DCRA) on Monday expressed concern over the ‘dwindling’ representation of Dalit Christians in the Roman Catholic church administration.Addressing a press conference here, DCRA State president Perike Varaaprasad alleged that most of the Bishop posts were occupied by the converts belonging to upper castes.Of the 24 Bishop posts in the State, only four were represented...
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Archbishop of Varapuzha Daniel Acharuparambil, who passed away on Monday, was laid to rest with full Church and State honours at the St Francis Assisi Cathedral Church here today.The main celebrant of the more than three-hour prayer meeting was Cardinal Archbishop of Bombay Oswald Gracias, who is also head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India. Trivandrum Archbishop Dr Soosa Pakiam delivered...
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Vatican has published details of its plan to ease conversion for Church of England clergy unhappy about the ordination of women bishops.The proposal offers them what amounts to their own dioceses within the Roman Catholic Church.The Vatican also said they could continue with Anglican traditions, such as some church services.Anglican clergy claim the rules set out in the document make the offer seem...
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Episcopalians to distance from national church < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateThe Diocese of South Carolina voted Saturday to distance itself but not completely split from the national Episcopal Church because of church positions on same-sex unions and ordination of gays.Eighty-seven clergy members voted to pass the resolution after a nearly hour-long debate during a special convention in Mount Pleasant,...
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