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Peace convention stresses women’s equal right‍

Society expects women to console and love others, but it does not realize that women also need to be consoled and loved, a woman police officer has told a peace convention. “Women have the right to be consoled and loved,” asserted Anuradha Shankar, additional director general of police of Madhya

Priests, religious have no right to amass: Justice Joseph

A retired Supreme Court judge known for his compassion for the downtrodden has urged Christian priests and religious to refrain from amassing material goods but serve their people. “Priests and religious have to collect only what is left out after feeding the people. They have no right to amass without giving to the people,” Justice […]

South Asian Dalit Christian Conference to be held in Bangaluru

The South Asian Dalit Christian Conference is to be held at NBCLC, Bangaluru, South India, on Feb. 13–14. The topic chosen is “Dalits Witnessing Faith at the Cross Roads in South Asia and Christian Response.” Participants include Dalit Religious, priests, bishops, leaders and activists across South Asian countries. Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Prefect of […]

Indian Bishops welcome Andhra’s bill to accord Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians

The Catholic Bishops’ Con-ference of India (CBCI) Office for Scheduled Caste/BC (Dalits and Backward Classes) has welcomed the Andhra Pradesh’s bill to accord Scheduled Caste (SC) status to Dalit Christians. Already some of the states have passed the same resolution in their assemblies. The resent one was by the Pondicherry assembly. Already the United Andhra […]

Indian reappointed as Divine Word Society’s province in Europe

An Indian has been reappointed the provincial of the Divine Word Society’s the Netherlands-Belgium Province (NEB). Father Avin Kunnekkaden was the first non-European to head the province when he was elected first time in 2016. His second term will last from May 1 this year to April 30, 2023. Father Kunnekkaden was born in 1960 […]

Indian court rules change of religion doesn’t alter tribal status

The high court in India’s Chhattisgarh State has ruled that the tribal status of a person will not alter if they change their religion to Christianity, stressing they can still enjoy state concessions aimed at improving the life of indigenous people. The ruling was handed down as the court dismissed an election petition against Amit […]