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Hindu radicals attack a Catholic college attempt Arathi‍

Hundreds of police deployment was done at the St. Mary’s Post Graduate College in Vidisha, Sagar Diocese in Madhya Pradesh, central India as Hindu right-wing groups threaten to perform Hindu rituals in the premises. “Calm has returned to the place now as only policemen on watch have remained in

No beef sale in Goa , traders protest against vigilantism

Harassed by vigilante groups, Goa’s only beef traders associa-tion on January 4 said they will go on an indefinite strike from Saturday, until the government cracks down on vigilante groups who hamper bringing in beef from neighbouring states. The association said the strike would go on till the government eases procedures to bring beef into […]

Eight including nun injured in protest march against removal of cross

Eight activists including one nun has been injured after a protest march taken out by the Kerala Latin Catholic Women’s Association to the official residence of Forest Minister K. Raju turned unruly. The demonstration was organised in protest against the destruction of a wooden cross that had been found to be damag-ed a month ago […]

Syro-Malabar synod to conclude with silver jubilee celebrations

The Syro Malabar Church synod held a valedictory function of the silver jubilee celebration of the church attaining the archieprachy status at its headquarters at St Thomas Mount on Saturday, January 13. Louis Raphaël Sako Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church inaugurated a public meeting to be held on the occasion. Apostolic Nuncio to India […]

Indian priest, nun get jail term for defying court order

A court in central India has sentenced a Catholic priest and a nun to two months each in jail for defying a court order to reinstate two students their school expelled two years ago. The district court in Ujjain town of Madhya Pradesh state also asked Father Sebastian Mullamangalam, the then manager of St. Paul […]

Bangladesh cardinal reflects on visit by Pope Francis

Pope Francis’s visit to Bangladesh “was a celebration of our cultural identity, of harmony, of diversity, and peace,” according to the country’s first cardinal. Card. Patrick D’Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka, was in neighbouring India this week, on a family visit in Kolkata. During his stay, he spoke to Crux. D’Rozario was created a cardinal by […]