Three Kenyan Christians were hacked to death by Al-Shabaab militants on August 18 after they refused to recite the Islamic prayer of faith. A fourth Christian – the mentally challenged older brother of one of the three – was also killed. At around 9 pm, Changawa...
The government of Jharkhand (in the northeast of the country) last night approved a law prohibiting conversions brought about by force or coercion. The government spokesman explained that “anyone who violates this law may be sentenced to three years in prison and...
A Catholic nun from India has won a prestigious global award in HIV nursing from an international association. The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) selected Sr Lourdu Mary Nagothu for developing and implementing the world’s first masters’ curriculum in...
If Christianity is being criticised and misunderstood today, it is due to shortcomings from the clergy commu-nity, said Cardinal George Alencherry. He was speaking at Priests’ Grand Conference on August 2 at the Sehion Retreat centre in Attapady near Palakkad. Siting...
The Syro-Malankara Catho-lic Church has established a new eparchy based in Parassala in Kerala, and named Bishop Tho-mas Mar Eusebios Naickam-parambil as its bishop. The Aug. 5 announcement made in the Vactian and Church’s headquarters in State capital Trivandrum also...
