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Cardinal Gracias, two bishops seek withdrawal of case

Cardinal Oswald Gracias and two auxiliary bishops of Bombay archdiocese are facing charges of inaction over a child abuse case complaint against a priest. The cardinal and Bishops Dominic Savio Fernandes and John Rodrigues recently app-roached the Bombay High Court to get the case withdrawn. The bench of justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre, who […]

Mob lynchings spread to India’s tribal heartland

The mob lynching of a Muslim man in India’s Jharkhand State shows religious hate is spreading to the peace-loving people in the tribal heartland, church leaders and tribal activists say. The death of 24-year-old Tabrej Ansari was the third incident in the state in two years and the latest in a series of such incidents […]

Modern crises result of desensitization of human conscience

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, was the chief guest of the Eid Milap Function organized by Jamiat-ul-Ulema in New Delhi Eid Milan. The religious festival after Ramadan was celebrated at the National Level on June 10. It was organized by Jamat Ulamai Hind, one of the biggest Muslim congregations in […]

Mother Teresa nuns face probe over funding allegations

A federal investigation into the Missionaries of Charity Congregation of Mother Teresa has been recommended by India’s Jharkhand State following allegations that nuns diverted funds for unspecified objectives. The state government run by the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has recommended the federal Home Ministry to conduct a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into foreign […]

Pope restores full powers to Cardinal Alencherry

Pope has decided to restore the administrative responsibilities of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly to Cardinal George Alencherry, a press statement from the Syro-Malabar Media Commission said on June 27. Cardinal Alencherry resumed office of archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamali archdiocese on June 27 morning. He resumed office as the interim responsibility of Bishop Jacob Manathodath as administrator […]

Sister Thresia of India to be declared as saint soon

Pope Francis has called an Ordinary Public Consistory of Cardinals in Rome to decide on the canonization of five Blesseds, including Sister Mariam Thresia of India and Cardinal John Henry Newman of England. The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff released a note on June 27 saying the Pope will preside over […]

Marialaya offers slum girls home, future

When Glory Karthik was 8, a social worker suggested that her parents, who had no money to feed or educate her, send her from the slums to a home for girls managed by Catholic nuns in Chennai, a southern Indian city. “I felt happy seeing the sisters and girls and expressed my desire to stay […]

After Ireland, Canada bans Indian preacher priest

A Catholic diocese in Canada has cancelled a retreat to be given there in July by Indian priest Fr Dominic Valanmanal who has been preaching that an increased incidence of autism and hyperactivity in children is due to their parents’ lifestyle. Earlier Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said an invitation to the priest to […]