Catholic Council of India general body meeting in Nagpur

(October 22, 2009) The Catholic Council of India, CCI, will hold its 10th general body meeting in Nagpur, Maharashtra from January 9-12, next year. The venue of the biennial meeting will be the Pallottine Animation Center, in Nagpur Archdiocese, announced Fr. Varghese Pullan, CCI secretary. The main theme of the 4-day event will be, “Youth”, which will be dealt with on the first two days; whereas “Current issues and problems affecting the Church and the Nation" will be discussed on the last two days. The Catholic Council of India was established in 1993 by the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, CBCI, the apex body of the Catholic Church in India. CCI members include bishops, priests, men and women religious as well as lay people.