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Coastal dioceses appeal for cyclone victims

Catholic dioceses in the southern Indian coastal regions have appealed to help people devastated by cyclone Ockhi that hit the Trivandrum and Kanya-kumari districts on Nov. 29. Several hundred fishermen are feared missing, Fr Deepak Anto, executive secretary of the media commission of the Latin Arch-diocese of Trivandrum, wrote in an email to the Vatican’s […]

Church to launch day-and-night stir

The Latin Catholic Church has decided to intensify its agitation until all fishermen left stranded in the outer sea by cyclone Ockhi are rescued. A meeting of the pastoral council under the Thiruvanantha-puram archdiocese of the Church, convened by Archbishop Soosa Pakiam M., decided to launch day-and-night agitations at various places including Thiru-vananthapuram, Kochi and […]

Told Modi privately that country shouldn’t be divided on religious lines: Obama

As a debate rages over growing intolerance in the country, former US President Barack Obama on December 1 disclosed that he had privately told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India must not split on sectarian lines and that it must cherish the fact that Muslims here identify themselves as Indians. “Particularly in a country like […]

India’s statue building spree neglects hungry masses

More than a billion dollars is being spent on giant statues of a nationa-list leader, a former king and a Hindu deity in three Indian states where pov-erty is widespread. All of the states involved are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which uses jingo-ism and triumphalism to swing votes their way. Pravin Mishra, […]

Nagaland MLAs, Churches agree to take lead for fair elections

Legislators and churches in Nagaland have agreed to lead and take the responsibility of a fair and honest electoral practice. The affirmation was made as part of a colloquium on Clean Election organised in Kohima on Nov 29 by the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) for the churches and legislators of Nagaland. “The legislators, churches […]

Christian colony attack in Pakistan kills young boy

A bomb went off at the main gate of a Christian colony in the Pakistani city of Chaman on Dec. 2, killing a 7-year-old boy and two others, police said, the latest incident of violence in the restive south-western province of Baluchistan. “It was a hand grenade which caused the explosion at the colony’s gate,” […]

Huge crowd of mourners bid farewell to slain priest

At least a thousand people joined the funeral march for Father Marcelito Paez, a 72-year-old Catholic priest murdered on Dec. 4 on the main Philippine island of Luzon. The activist priest was ambushed four hours after facilitating the release of a political prisoner. More than 100 priests conducted the mass with two Filipino bishops – […]

Postman priest brings Pakistan-India students closer

For the past five years, Father Joseph Kalathil has been deli-vering letters to students in India and Pakistan, despite deep politi-cal animosity between the regi-onal arch-rivals. And this year, the Jesuit priest based in Chandig-arh, northern India, arrived at the Pakistani border on foot. He informed fellow Jesuits in Pakistan about his presence at Wagah […]