India’s central government is a threat to the poor and minorities, this according to Mgr Thomas K. Oommen, moderator of the (Protestant) Church of South India. Msgr Thomas K. Oommen is the moderator of the Church of South India. With 4.5 million members, it is the...
Nine Hindus converged on the 17th century Se Cathedral in Old Goa and recited prayers from ancient Hindu scriptures to pay their respects to Jesus Christ on Good Friday, when Catholics commemorate his death on the cross. The five women and four men sang verses from an...
Leaders of six major reli- gions in India have made a joint call to end branding people as patriotic or unpatriotic based on religion amid increasing attempts to exploit religious sentiments for political purposes ahead of a crucial election. Leaders of Buddhist,...
The Synod of Bishops of the eastern- rite Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, headquartered in Kerala, has elected coadjutor bishops to the dioceses of Pathanamthitta and Muvattupuzha Auxiliary Bishop Samuel Mar Irenios (Kattukallil) of Trivandrum has been elected...
Sister India, a documentary produced by Irish film-maker Myles O’Reilly and currently being screened at a number of film festivals in Ireland and India, is the story of an Irish Presentation nun who has spent 70 years teaching in India. Sr Loreto Houlihan, born Peg...
