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...
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...
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...
Two recent cases have vindicated church leaders’ belief that Christians are being targeted falsely in “kidnapping for conver-sion” cases to tarnish their image and handicap their work, lawyers say. A state court in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on Oct. 30 released seven...
For the first time in five decades, a church bell rang on Sunday at the largest Catholic church in the main city of India’s portion of Muslim-majority Kashmir. Members of Srinagar’s tiny Christian community assembled at the 120-year-old Holy Family Catholic Church and...
