Indian Vice President Venkiah Naidu on December 12 commended Christians for their service to those on the periphery and share in building a new India. “The Catholic community is peace-loving and it contributes immensely to nation building,” the vice president told a...
Dalit Christians, under the aegis of the Council of Dalit Chri-stians, held a march to the Secretariat on Dec. 12 demanding prote-ction of re-servation for Dalit Christians. The rally, organised by the Council of Dalit Christians (CDC), raised the demand of 5%...
Forty-one young women from ethnic minority groups took vows to become Catholic nuns in a rare event of this scale in the eastern Indian State of Jharkhand. Church leaders welcomed what they described as a trend for more tribal people to choose a religious path in...
An Indian Catholic leader has slammed an inflammatory call by a radical Hindu group for the execution of people who slaughter cattle or transport beef. Bishop Vincent Barwa, who chairs the bishops’ office for ethnic minorities and lower caste people, said the demand...
Pope Francis has appointed Fr James Raphael Anaparambil as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Alleppey in Kerala on Dec 7. Bishop-elect Anaparambil was born in Chellanam in Alleppey diocese on March 7, 1962. He was ordained priest for the same diocese on December...
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