New Delhi, 25 October 2025 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Fr. Antony Kattiparambil as the new Bishop of Cochin. The announcement was made on 25 October 2025. Fifty-five-year-old Fr. Kattiparambil is presently serving as the Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of Cochin. Born on 14 October 1970 in Mundamveli, Fr. Antony belongs to St. Louis Church, Mundamveli. He is the son of the late Jacob and the late Treesa, and the youngest among seven children, four sisters an

New Delhi, 25 October 2025 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Fr. Stephen Fernandes as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bombay. The announcement was made on 25 October 2025. Fr. Stephen Fernandes, 64, is presently serving as the Secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli and is based at the Apostolic Nunciature in New Delhi. Born on 20 September 1961, Fr. Fernandes was ordained a priest on 31 March 1990 for the Arc

Vatican City, 25 October 2025 (CCBI): “The work of the Diocesan Synodal Team is not merely organizational, it is a ministry of communion,” said His Eminence Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) and of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC). Cardinal Ferrão was addressing an international gathering of Synodal Teams and participatory bodies during the Jubilee of Synodal Teams, which is being held in Rome from

Goa, 23 October 2025: “To serve the poor is to serve Christ,” said Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, underlining that charity is not merely a duty but a living act of faith. The Cardinal was releasing the Indian edition of the Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You) during the annual gathering of Communio Directors at St. Joseph Vaz Spiritual Renewal Centre, Old Goa. “Love for Christ finds its truest expression in love for the poor. The disciple who loves the Master can

New Delhi, 18 October 2025 (CCBI): Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Vincent Samuel (75) of the Diocese of Neyyattinkara. Most Rev. Selvarajan Dasan (63), the Coadjutor Bishop, now succeeds him as the Bishop of Neyyattinkara. Bishop Vincent Samuel was born on August 10, 1950, in Arayoor, Kerala. He was ordained a priest on December 19, 1975, for the Archdiocese of Trivandrum, and served in several parishes in both the Trivandrum and Neyyattinkara dioceses. H

Mumbai, 22 September 2025 (CCBI): Bishop Edwin Colaco, Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, passed away on 22 September 2025 at 3:30 p.m....

Image source: Radio Veritas Asia New Delhi, 20 September 2025 (CCBI): Holy Father Pope Leo, through the Dicastery for Divine Worship and...

New Delhi, 20 September 2025 (CCBI): Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Thomas D’Souza from the pastoral governance...

New Delhi, 17 September 2025 (CCBI): Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy, Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Thrissur, passed away on 17...

New Delhi, 12 September 2025 (CCBI): Forty-five bishops who attended the CCBI Executive Committee and CBCI Standing Committee meetings...

Rev. Dr. Anthony Sebastian New Delhi, 11 September 2025 (CCBI): The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has appointed Rev. Dr....