New Delhi, 24 March 2026 (CCBI): Jerome Dhas Varuvel, Bishop Emeritus of Kuzhithurai, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, 24 March 2026, at 1:30 am. He died at the Care Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor on Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai. He had been hospitalised in recent months following complications arising from dementia and Parkinson’s disease and was undergoing treatment at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, 25 March 2026,

New Delhi 13 March 2026 (CCBI): The Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli (73) until now Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, as Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia. The appointment was made public on 13 March 2026. Archbishop Girelli had been serving the Church in India since 13 March 2021.   Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli was born in Predore (Bergamo), Italy, on 13 March 1953. He was ordained a priest on 17 June 1978 and holds a Doctorate in Theology. He e

New Delhi, March 3, 2026: In response to the escalating violence and instability in the Middle East, the President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, has called on the faithful of the Latin Catholic Church in India to unite in prayer for peace. In a circular addressed to archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, religious, catechists and lay faithful, Cardinal Ferrão urged the Church across the country to observe Sunday, March 8,

New Delhi 18 February 2026: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI0 has issued a circular to all its member bishops, calling for active and committed participation in the Implementation Phase of the Synod on Synodality from June 2025 to December 2026. In his message, CCBI President Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão invited the bishops and their collaborators to make this period a time of spiritual renewal, shared responsibility, and deeper communion in Church life. He de

New Delhi, 14 February 2026 (CCBI): Pope Leo XIV has appointed Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro, a priest of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, as the new Bishop of the diocese of Sindhudurg in Maharashtra. The appointment was announced on 14 February 2026. Fr. Pinheiro, 53, popularly known as Fr. Agnelo, was born in Raia, Goa, on 6 July 1972. After completing his SSC in 1988, he joined the minor seminary and continued his higher secondary studies in Mapusa. In 1990,

Bangalore, 11 February 2026: The CCBI has released the Apstolic Letter “A Fidelity That Generates the Future” and it is a timely and inspiring message of the Holy Father Leo XIV on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Conciliar Decrees Optatam Totius and Presbyterorum Ordinis. The Indian edition of the Apstolic letter was released by Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, in the presence of Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, President of the CC

Bangalore, 11 February 2026: The CCBI has released the following rituals: (1) Institution of Catechists, Lectors, and Acolytes; (2) Order of Baptism of Children; and (3) Order of Christian Initiation of Adults. The rituals were released by Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, in the presence of Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, President of the CCBI; Archbishop Peter Machado, Vice President of the CCBI; Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha, Chairman of the Commi

Bangalore 7 February 2026: The new building of the Pontifical Mission Organisations was blessed and inaugurated on 7 February 2026 in Bangalore. The event took place in the presence of more than 170 Bishops of the Latin, Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara Churches. They were in the city to attend the CCBI and CBCI meetings. His Excellency Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, inaugurated and dedicated the building by reciting the prayers, cutting the ribbon and

Bangalore 7 February 2026 (CCBI): His Eminence Cardinal Poola Anthony, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad, has been elected as the new President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) during its 37th General Body Meeting held on February 7, 2026. Cardinal Poola Anthony was born on November 15, 1961, in Poluru in the Diocese of Kurnool. After completing his formation at the minor seminary in Nuzvid, he pursued priestly studies at Saint Peter’s Pontifical Seminar

Goa, February 05, 2026: The New Revised Edition of the Konkani Missal was formally released during the 37th Plenary Assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, marking a significant development for the Konkani-speaking Catholic community across the country.   The publication is seen as a major step in strengthening the liturgical life of the faithful by enabling fuller participation in the Eucharistic celeb

Bangalore 3 February 2026: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has honoured Fr. Lucien Legrand, MEP, one of Asia’s most respected biblical scholars and missionaries, in recognition of his lifelong service to the Church in India and his outstanding contribution to biblical studies. Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, the President of the CCBI honoured him with memento and shawl during the 37 Plenary Assembly of the CCBI held on February 3, 2026, in Bangalore. Born on N

Bangalore, 3 February 2026 (CCBI): Pope Leo XIV has urged the Latin Catholic Bishops of India to promote unity and human fraternity and to inspire the faithful to live the Gospel of peace in daily life. The Pope made this appeal in a special message to the bishops gathered for the 37th Plenary Assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), held at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in Bangalore on 3 February 2026. He said the Latin Church in Indi