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Sr Rani Maria’s beatification celebrated in Kerala‍

The celebration organised by the Catholic Church of Kerala in connection with the beatification of missionary nun Sr Rani Maria was held at St Mary’s Basilica in Kochi on november 11. It began at 2.45 pm with a procession carrying relics of the beatified nun from the Archbishop’s House to the ba

Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs come together for peace in Kashmir

Hindu, Sikh, Muslim and Christian leaders joined together to symbolically usher in peace by ringing a church bell in Srinagar, the main city in the violence-torn Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The bell at the 120-year-old Holy Family Catholic Church, the largest in the city, rang Oct. 29 for the first time in 50 […]

Nuns welcome life imprisonment for Ranaghat rapist

The head of the Religious of Jesus and Mary congregation has welcomed a November 8 court decision to sentence a man to life imprisonment for the rape and attempted murder of a 71-year-old member in eastern India. It is a “red letter day” because “justice has been meted out and the culprits have been punished,” […]

Archbishop Emeritus Michael Augustine passes away

Archbishop Emeritus S. Michael Augustine of Pondicherry-Cuddalore diocese of India passed away on November 4 at the age of 85. The funeral took place at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Pondicherry on Nov 6 at 10.00 a.m. He served for 39 years as a Bishop and 56 years as a priest. In the year 1974, […]

Unification of churches stressed at Indian symposium

Church leaders at an ecumenical symposium in Kolkata, have stressed the need for Christian unification as they studied Protestant Reformation, which challenged the 16th century Catholic Church to amend its ways. Father John Romus, former dean of the Morning Star College major seminary in Barrackpore highlighted how the Reformation helped the Catholic Church re-examine itself. […]

Assassin of Indian nun says he is happy she is now being beatified

Clarist Sister Rani Maria Vattalil, 41, was stabbed in front of more than 50 bus passengers on a remote jungle track in Madhya Pradesh state as she was on her way home to Kerala state. Samandar Singh, then 22, murdered her on behalf of money lenders upset with Sister Rani Maria’s work setting up self-help […]