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Indian priest rides on donkey to enforce Palm Sunday message‍

Mounted on a donkey, the priest moved slowly as boys and young men waved palm branches and sang hymns to Jesus during a Palm Sunday procession in a central Indian parish. Fr Thomas Rajamanikyam and his parishioners at St Joseph Church in Nanda Nagar, Indore Diocese enacted the biblical account of Je

A Woman Now Leads the Vatican Museums. And She’s Shaking Things Up

Vatican City has been governed by men since it was established as an independent state in 1929. A year ago, however, a woman joined the upper ranks: Barbara Jatta, the first female director of the Vatican Museums. In the 12 months since her appointment, Ms.Jatta has put her stamp on the role, resisting some of her […]

Cardinal Gracias urges Modi to invite Pope to India 

The head of the Catholic Church in India on March 20 urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to invite Pope Francis to visit the country. “The Prime Minister reacted positively to this desire of the whole Catholic community,” Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), told media persons after his meeting with […]

Nun servants, Indians speak up 

A recent article in a Vatican magazine on widespread exploitation of nuns in the Catholic Church has found many takers in India, home to the world’s largest number of women religious. “A welcome statement but late in coming,” Sister Teresa Kotturan, former vice president of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, reacted to the March 1 […]

Kerala liquor policy upsets more Churches

The Syrian Mar Thoma Church and the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church on March 22 lashed out at the Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala for deciding to open closed liquor vends. The Kerala Catholic Bishop’s Conference (KCBC) had also slammed the “liquor policy” of the Vijayan government. The Church heads have said that the government was […]

Kerala government ready to discuss liquor policy with Church

Stung by a very strong response from the Catholic Church to its liquor policy, the Kerala government on March 18 made it clear that they are open to any sort of discussion on it to make their stand clear. Talking to media persons here, state Excise Minister T.P.Ramakrishnan said that he is willing to speak […]