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Church must seek new paths in Amazon, synod secretaries say

The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon will help the Catholic Church make its presence felt and voice heard in a region that is dangerously approaching “a point of no return,” said the special secretaries of the Synod. “It is a great and continuing challenge for the Catholic Church to make the original Amazonian peoples […]

From inspiration to adoption: A story of working with Mother Teresa

More than 20 years ago, Ann Pollak travelled to Calcutta, hoping to volunteer alongside Mother Teresa. The experience would spark a years-long process that would eventually lead her to adopt a severely handicapped child from one of the care centres run by the Missionaries of Charity. “It has not been easy, at all, but the […]

Church spreads education in Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh has a literacy rate of 66.95 percent as per the 2011 census, with 73.69 percent being men and 59.57 percent women. In 2001, literacy rate in Arunachal Pradesh stood at 54.34 percent of which male and female were 63.83 percent and 43.53 percent literate respectively. One cannot but notice the sharp increase in […]

Catholic nuns, priests rally against negative media reports

Hundreds of men and women belong to various Catholic religious congregations have come to the streets of Kannur, a major city in Kerala, to protest what they said were biased media reports that tarnish their image. “Do not belittle the life we have accepted with joy and pride. Religious life is not a matter of […]

Hindu nationalists accuse Catholic retreat centre of ‘forced conversions’

Catholic officials in India have rejected accusations that a retreat centre in the southern State of Karnataka is promoting the conversion of Hindus. Sharan Pumpwell, the secretary of the ultranationalist group Vishwa Hindu Parishad, called for the state government to shut down the Divine Call Centre in Mulki, claiming it was seeking converts by “insulting […]

Kolkata St Xavier’s University VC gets ‘2019 Sankalp Award’

Jesuit Father Felix Raj, vice-chancellor of St Xavier’s University, Kolkata, received the prestigious 2019 Sankalp Award, “Educationist of the Year” from Javed Khan, minister, Government of West Bengal at JW Marriot hotel on September 1, in the presence of Industrialists HP Budhia, Lal Bhatia and others. The Sankalp Education Forum supported by the David and […]

Church run community radios snatch one sixth awards

At the Community Radio Awards ceremony organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with One World Foundation India, 3 Church run community radio stations bagged 5 out of 30 awards given under five categories for the years 2018 and 2019. The awards were given in five categories, including Best Thematic category in […]

Welby calls for respect for religious freedom during visit to India

Stating that his visit to India was “prayer, pilgrimage, and pastoral,” the Archbishop of Canterbury – leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion – took time to encourage political leaders to maintain the country’s commitment to religious freedom. On Sept.9 after celebrating a service in Kolkata’s Saint Paul’s Cathedral – belonging to the Church of North […]