Muslim and Christian leaders in India have slammed Madhya Pradesh State government for according “minister of State” status to five Hindu religious leaders in what many called a deadly mix of religion and politics in an election year. The central state’s government,...
A delegation of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of India (CBCI) on April 7 visited the affected areas in Odisha’s Sundargarh where Marian statues were vandalised on Easter. On April 1, during the late night of Easter Sunday, few “anti- social” elements vandalised a...
Yoga gurus, including a Catholic nun who runs two yoga centres, say the Syro Malabar Catholic Church’s position on Yoga is driven by its “ignorance” and that yoga is “a way of life as well as sciencem,” and it is not a “subdivision of any religion.” The Syro-Malabar...
Sister Jocelyn Edathil of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Sisters) is unique in at least two ways. First of all, she is a member of the India-based Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and on Aug. 6, 2016, when she took her vows at St Vincent De Paul...
A husband washes his wife’s feet as part of a special ritual organised by the Kerala State unit of the Indian Christian Women’s Movement (ICWM) on March 28, 2018, one day before Maundy Thursday. The ICWM works to promote the equality of both genders and all...
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