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Cardinal Gracias leads inter-religious prayer ahead of Christmas‍

Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay took lead in organising an inter-religious Christmas gathering on Dec. 17, following what has now become an annual feature before Christmas celebration in the archdiocese based in the financial capital of India. Hindu, Islam, Sikh, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Jain and Ch

Kerala: ‘Wedding bells’ church funds homes for poor

The Holy Family Latin Catholic Church at Karichal does not exist for Christians alone. It is a beacon of hope for Hindus and Muslims also as it fulfils the dreams of many poor families by arranging the marriages of their children. It provides them financial aid and also arranges mandapam and pandal on its premises. […]

Controversial social reformer Pulikunnel dies

Joseph Pulikunnel, a veteran Christian social reformer and a former faculty in economics and former member of the Kerala University Senate passed away. He was 85. The last rites took place at the houses premises at Bharananganam. He was the director of the Indian Institute of Christian Studies in Kottayam. He was the author of […]

India’s “gutter priest” passes away

Fr George Koottickal, who founded a pious association to care for vagabonds and deranged people, died in the early hours of December 20. He was 64. The founder director of the Friends of the Birds of the Air (FBA) was undergoing treatment for some time for liver disease at a private hospital in Ernakulam. He […]

‘Majority’s make-believe minority-threat in India unreasonable’

A top Christian preacher and educationist in Kashmir, Father Sebastian Nagathungal said a make believe impression was being created in India as if the majority community was under threat from the minority community while Kashmir was witnessing religious tolerance. “When we look around there is so much cruelty and hatred, as if the minority is […]

India: Bishops hold seminar on 500th anniversary of Reformation

The Catholic Conference of Bishops of India (CCBI)’s Commission for Ecumenism held its National Seminar during the annual visit to India of Most Rev Brian Farrell, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) on December 14-15, at Vimalagiri Pastoral Centre, Kottayam. Bp Farrell comes to India every December for the dialogue of […]