Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on August 24 told a delegation of Catholic prelates that the Church’s work for the poor and downtrodden was commendable. While the whole world speaks of development, spirituality in this development is also important; the president...
A Catholic priest kidnapped in Yemen last year is alive and could be released soon, a Salesians information service reported India’s foreign minister as saying. Sushma Swaraj made the comment during recent talks with a delegation from the Salesian religious order,...
The Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s res-ponse on a plea by Dalit Christians seeking parity in quota with their counter-parts among the Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist com-munities. On Aug 21, a bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and D Y Chandrachud issued that...
A 12-member Christian dele-gation on August 23 met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to congratulate him for becoming India’s best administrator. Abp John Barwa of Cuttack Bhubaneswar led the delegation comprising priests, religious and lay people. They met the...
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have come to the aid of people in ten villages reeling under flood fury in Bihar’s Madhepura district. Around 24,000 people live in 81 wards of 12 panchayats under the Goalpara block of the district reeling under the flood fury...
