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Bishops Council to help resolve crisis in Syro-Malabar Church

Kerala Catholic Bishops Council on March 10, stepped in to help resolve the crisis in Syro-Malabar Church after a group of priests came out openly against its head Cardinal George Alencherry over alleged irregularities in a land deal involving him. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, also the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, and Soosa Pakiam, Archbishop […]

Indian nun gets results in work with migrants, domestic workers

Sister Josephine Amala Valarmathi was not surprised when she got a telephone call around midnight in the of October 2016. On the other end was a fisherman who goes by the name Veerghese. He was among 15 fishermen from the south-eastern Indian State of Tamil Nadu being kept in custody without food and water on […]

Former Church of North India priest chosen to be bishop in the Church of England

A former priest in the united Church of North India’s Diocese of Calcutta has been chosen to be the next Area Bishop of Bradwell in the Church of England’s Diocese of Chelms-ford. The Ven Dr John Peru-mbalath already serves in the Diocese, which covers the county of Essex and parts of east London, as the […]

Award for movie about Catholic priest using yoga to treat addicts

A documentary about the transformational power of yoga in fighting drug addiction won the Special Jury Mention Award at the 2018 Jaipur International Film Festival. The film, The Circle, directed by British filmmaker Philippa Frisby focuses on the Kripa Dharavi Centre in Mumbai founded by Father Joseph Pereira. “The Circle is a story that has […]

Head of Believers Eastern Church calls for reforms 

The way we look at women and treat them in our country has always been a paradox. On one hand we venerate them and worship them. Look around us – we see goddesses being worshiped; we call our nation – ‘mother’ India; the sages say, take advice from your ‘mother’; more often than not, when […]

Cycle priest becomes popular in Rajkot village

On the yellow mud paths of villages and the tarred roads of Rajkot town, people often spot a Catholic priest rushing on his cycle. After almost a decade’s work in Rajokt’s Junagadh parish, Father Vinod Kanatt is now nicknamed “cycle priest” in the diocese managed by the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate congregation. “He always surprises […]

Jain head invites pope to inter-faith meet in India 

A top leader of Jainism from India has invited Pope Francis to an international Inter-religious meeting in New Delhi. “Your Holiness, I am here to invite you for an international Inter-religious meeting, in which my organization has invited the president and prime minister of India and supreme heads of all religions of India,” said Acharya […]

Church in Germany and India join forces to fight climate change for Lent

A Lenten campaign is bringing together two churches that at first glance might seem worlds apart. The Church in Germany is one of the wealthiest churches in the world, and at the heart of Europe; the Church in India is one of the poorest and exists at what Pope Francis calls “the peripheries.” This Lent, […]