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Kerala Church finalizes plans for Rani Maria beatification‍

The Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala has planed a series of programs to celebrate the Nov. 4 beatification of Sister Rani Maria, a Franciscan Clarist missionary nun murdered in Madhya Pradesh 22 years ago. Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly and the Franciscan Clarist Congregation are jointly organizing

Churches, mosques must have nationalist slogan: BJP leader

A leader of pro-Hindu BJP party wants morning prayer calls from mosques and sounds of bells from churches be replaced with shouts of nationalist slogans. President of the Bihar unit of the party Nityanand Rai said “sound of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ (hail mother India) should replace azaan from mosques and sounds of bells from […]

Christian leaders call on community to resist attacks

Christian intellectuals in India have called on the community to safeguard pluralism and fight fringe elements targeting Chri-stian, Muslim and other minori-ties. In an open letter to Catholic and Protestant leaders, 101 Christian theologians, academics and members of different orga-nisations expressed concern over Hindu nationalism “What used to be fringe, has now become main-stream,” the […]

Dalit Christians to observe August 10 as ‘Black Day’

The Archdiocese of Pondi-cherry and Cuddalore and the Commission for Scheduled Castes and Tribes will observe August 10 as a ‘black day’ in protest against denial of SC status to Dalit Christians and Muslims. Fr. A. Arputharaj, Secretary, SC/ST Commission, Puducherry, told reporters that the presidential order issued on August 10, 1950 not granting SC […]

Best time to build Christian-Muslim relations: expert

An expert on Islam told an inter-religious gathering here that “this is the best time” for Christians and Muslims to build relation as Pope Francis has been leading the Church for inter-faith actions from front. Capuchin Father Michael D. Calabria, director of the centre for Arab and Islamic studies in St Bonaventure University based in […]

Salesian priest Goa’s best-qualified b’ball coach

If Fr Ralin de Souza is not celebrating a mass at the Shrine of our Lady of Fatima in the city, you can bet your last penny that he will be at the nearby basketball court. A Salesian priest at Don Bosco, Fr Ralin has been heading the Goa Basketball Association (GBA) for four years […]

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