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South Asian Jesuits rediscover richness of ‘Spiritual Conversation’

A group of South Asian Jesuits has expressed the joy of rediscovering the richness of an Ignatian spiritual tradition. President of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia, Father George Pattery, called the ‘spiritual conversation’ as “a rare fruit.” Some 200 Jesuits from 19 provinces and regions of South Asia attended the April 25-28 assembly on […]

Indian Church’s gender policy a failed promise: Women theologians

The ten-year-old gender policy of the Indian Catholic Church has proved to be a failed promise, women theologians say. A great majority of women’s servitude betrays male privilege that is normalized in the families and in the Church. “This situation makes us interrogate whether the ‘Gender Policy of the Catholic Church in India’ acclaimed as […]

Catholic nun dies in road accident near Jabalpur

A Catholic nun died on the spot and another suffered serious injuries on May 12 when their scooter collided with a truck near Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. According to Jabalpur Church sources, Sisters Manju Sisodia and Agnes Surin were traveling from Sagar to Rimjha, some 135 km southeast, when a truck hit their Activa scooter […]

Catholic priest receives “Best Citizens of India Award”

A Catholic priest has been conferred with the “Best Citizens of India Award” in recognition of his work among the marginalized in northern India. The International Publishing House, the world’s leading biographical specialists, chose Father Vineeth George for the award. He is a member of the Bangalore province of the Claretians and a doctoral research […]

Indian Salesian appointed to Asian youth office

Salesian Fr Jacob Anil D’Sa has been appoint-ed the Asian Inter-national Young Catholic Students (IYCS) chaplain. The 40-year-old Indian priest will be based at Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The IYCS is a Catholic action movement of the apostolate of Laity. As an International Catholic organization, it functions under the Pontifical Council for the […]

Karwar bishop transferred to Belgaum

Pope Francis on May 1 transferred Bishop Derek Fernandes of Karwar to Belgaum as its new prelate, according to a press note from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India headquarters in New Delhi. The diocese was without a head after Bishop Peter Machado was transferred to Bangalore as its arch-bishop in May 2018. He was […]

Christian pastor acquitted of anti-conversion charges

A Protestant pastor in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has been acquitted of charges held against him under India’s state-level anti-conversion laws. Pentecostal Pastor Balu Saste, his wife, his son, and members of his community were violently attacked by Hindus, later detained by the police and accused of trying to convert people to […]

Court orders probe into bishop’s death

A court in Madhya Pradesh on May 11 ordered a police probe into a Catholic bishop’s death in a road accident almost four months ago. Judicial Magistrate First Class Nidhi Neelesh Shrivastava, Pohari, district Shivpuri has directed the police to investigate the circumstances that led to the death of Bishop Thomas Thennatt of Gwalior and […]

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Purging silence: Vatican expands abuse prevention to lay movements

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