2012-04-25 16:07:16

Latin-rite bishops prepare pastoral plan for India.


(April 25, 2012) The Latin-rite Bishops of India are conducting a national survey to prepare a pastoral plan for the nation. Fr.Varghese Chakkalakal, CCBI’s Secretary General of the Latin-rite Bishops Association, known as the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India – CCBI, said this plan would be a broad based outline with the direction and priorities for the whole church in India with sufficient provisions for adaptation by regions and dioceses as per the needs at the ground reality. The priest said each diocese of India was given at least 20 copies of the questionnaire survey to gauge the opinion and view of the clergy and the faithful on the identity and formation of the Latin-rite Catholic Church in India. Based on the valuable information and data obtained from the opinion-poll and other consultation, the CCBI would like to prepare the pastoral plan for India. Fr. Chakkalakal said the final survey plans are being currently discussed at the April 24-30 CCBI Executive meeting in Bangalore, Karnataka State.
The Catholic Church in India comprises three rites, the Latin-rite which is the largest and the two eastern rites, the Syro-Malabar and the Syro-Malankara rite. Together they form the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, CBCI.








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