India, Aug. 31 -- It was a moment of Magnificat for the Indian Catholic media fraternity when the Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly, the Most Rev. Joseph Kalathiparambil, solemnly announced the bestowing of one of the highest-ranking chivalric titles of the Church upon Ignatius Gonsalves, a veteran journalist, Church historian, media trainer, orator, author, champion of human rights and two-time president of the Indian Catholic Press Association. The sole Asian recipient of the coveted Titus Brandsma Award, the Pulitzer Prize of Catholic journalists, Gonsalves, who is based in Kochi, Kerala, was made a Chevalier of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St Sylvester on the orders of Pope Leo XIV in recognition of his selfless service to the...