Four survivors of the worst anti-Christian violence in modern India were ordained as Capuchin priests on Dec.27. “God chose you like Moses to be faithful, responsible to lead the people,” Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur, who led the ordination ceremony, told...
Rhythmic cheering echoed around the streets of Chechema village as hundreds of Naga people, most of them Christians, began pulling a huge rectangular stone. The traditional stone-pulling ceremony performed by the Angami Naga tribal people in Nagaland in northeast...
More than 4,800 Salesian scouts and guides from around the country are scheduled to congregate at Nashik, a holy city in Maharashtra State, for their annual national gathering titled, Boscoree. Organized by the Mumbai Province of the Salesians of Don Bosco, the 13th...
Unidentified miscreants have vandalized St Thomas Catholic Church and its grotto in Chapatoli village near Duliajan in Assam. The incident came to light on the morning of December 15 when villagers were going for their works through the church area. They noticed the...
Some members of the Madurai-Ramnad Church of South India diocese have asked bishops to discharge only religious duties and not involve in asset management. “Bishops, who receive salaries, must only discharge religious duties,” C. Joel Sam Asir, a member of the diocese...
