From The States

Lay organization urges government to stop harassing Mother Teresa nuns

The All India Catholic Union (AICU), a 99-year-association of Catholic lay people in the country, has called on the Jharkhand and federal government stop harassing the Missionaries of Charity Sisters, a religious order founded by Mother Teresa. “There seems but little doubt that the government of India, egged on by the religious nationalism of the […]

Rape accused bishop’s suspension demanded

A group of progressive Catholic religious priests, nuns and laity has mounted pressure on Vatican to act against an Indian Bishop accused of raping a Catholic nun. They have urged the Apostolic nuncio to India Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro and President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) Cardinal Oswald Gracias to advise Pope Francis […]

Kandhamal survivors inspire Kerala Catholic women

A group of Catholic women from Kerala who spent five days in Kandhamal say the faith of Odisha’s persecuted Christians has deepened their belief in Christ. “The Christians of Kandhamal have manifested a deep-rooted faith in Christ by facing the worst religious persecution in modern India,” said Sister Josia Padinjaradathu, a member of the 11-member […]

Campaign for jailed Christians achieves milestone

An online signature campaign demanding the release of seven innocent Christians, jailed in connection to anti-Christian riots in Odisha, crossed the milestone of 50,000 signatures on July 11. Journalist author Anto Akkara, who has been spearheading the campaign in a press statement on July 12, called for more signatures for the release of the seven […]

Latin-rite bishops reflect on ‘mission of the Church’

Twenty-five Catholic bishops from all over India came together in the country’s commercial capital, Mumbai, in early July to take a closer look at the Church’s core mission in the country, AsiaNews reported. They prayed and reflected on how best the Church can seek out, touch and heal the wounds of Jesus in suffering humanity. […]

Syro-Malabar expansion not colonization, but evangelization: Archbishop

A Syro-Malabar archbishop, who heads a diocese in northern India, wants his Oriental Church to become global by breaking free the barriers of Kerala, its base in southern India. “What we need is globalization and not colonization of the Church,” Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad said on July 1 in an apparent response to fears […]

Fr Paul Saldanha becomes new bishop of Mangalore

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza of Mangalore and has appointed Fr Peter Paul Saldanha (54) the new Bishop of Mangalore. The bisop-elect, a priest of Mangalore, is now Professor at the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome. This ecclesiastical provision was made public in Rome and Mangalore on July 3. […]

Coadjutor for Patna, administrator for Palayamkottai appointed

Pope Francis on June 29 transferred Bishop Sebastian Kallupura of Buxar to Patna archdiocese as the coadjutor. Both the dioceses are in Bihar, eastern India. On the same day, the pontiff accepted the resignation of Bishop Jude Gerald Paulraj A of Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, and appointed Archbishop Antony Pappusamy of Madurai as the diocese’s apostolic […]

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