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Catholic nun dies in road accident near Jabalpur

A Catholic nun died on the spot and another suffered serious injuries on May 12 when their scooter collided with a truck near Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. According to Jabalpur Church sources, Sisters Manju Sisodia and Agnes Surin were traveling from Sagar to Rimjha, some 135 km southeast, when a truck hit their Activa scooter […]

Catholic priest receives “Best Citizens of India Award”

A Catholic priest has been conferred with the “Best Citizens of India Award” in recognition of his work among the marginalized in northern India. The International Publishing House, the world’s leading biographical specialists, chose Father Vineeth George for the award. He is a member of the Bangalore province of the Claretians and a doctoral research […]

Indian Salesian appointed to Asian youth office

Salesian Fr Jacob Anil D’Sa has been appoint-ed the Asian Inter-national Young Catholic Students (IYCS) chaplain. The 40-year-old Indian priest will be based at Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The IYCS is a Catholic action movement of the apostolate of Laity. As an International Catholic organization, it functions under the Pontifical Council for the […]

Karwar bishop transferred to Belgaum

Pope Francis on May 1 transferred Bishop Derek Fernandes of Karwar to Belgaum as its new prelate, according to a press note from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India headquarters in New Delhi. The diocese was without a head after Bishop Peter Machado was transferred to Bangalore as its arch-bishop in May 2018. He was […]

Iran Intelligence ‘Summons’ People ‘Who Showed Interest In Christianity’

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi has expressed concern over Iranian Muslims converting into Christianity in various parts of Iran. Speaking on May 4, Alavi said that the Intelligence Ministry and the Qom Seminary have dispatched individuals and institutions active in “countering the advocates of Christianity” to areas where there is a […]

German Church membership will be halved by 2060, new study says

Researchers say the expected decline can be predicted a dwindling number of baptisms in Germany, the number of Germans who have departed from formal religious enrollment, and a decrease in Germany’s overall population, which is expected by 2060 to be reduced by 21%. In total, the number of Germans who pay the country’s Church tax […]

Abortions in Russia drop by 60,000 in 2018 – Health Ministry

The number of abortions in Russia in 2018 fell almost by 10%, according to a Health Ministry report. “In 2018 the number of abortions dropped by 9.6%, i.e. almost by 60,000 cases, and by over 39% in seven years,” the report said. Last year there were 78,000 free extracorporeal fertilization procedures, up 21% on the […]

Study Finds 23 Million Females are Missing Due to Sex-Selective Abortion

Sex-selective abortion has caused the premature death of over 23 million females, according to the first-ever systematic global study of sex ratio imbalance. Demographers have noted the phenomenon of skewed sex ratios for decades. Millions of females are missing because of sex-selective abortion. This has led to increased trafficking in children and women. It has also led […]