A Catholic bishop in western India says he is pained by a court’s decision to acquit six people accused of beating to death, a Muslim man two years ago in a cow protection case. The court in Alwar district of Rajasthan on Aug. 14 gave “the benefit of doubt” in setting...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement during his Independence Day speech that “family planning is a form of patriotism” seems to have irked Kerala’s Catholic Church. Pro-Life Committee under the Kerala Catholic Bishop’s Council has issued a communique expressing...
The residence of Catholic archbishop in Kolkata hosted an Inter-Faith dialogue meeting on August 18 where people cutting across religious voiced concern over changing pattern of leadership in India. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta welcomed members of different...
Religious studies has shown a large decline at GCSE, with less than half of secondary schools now offering the subject. According to a new report conducted by academics at Liver-pool Hope University and backed by Culham St Gabriel’s, a trust that supports excellence...
Sexual abuse isn’t the only scandal confronting the Catholic Church. There is a growing recognition that financial abuse is more prevalent than most Catholics think. Look no further than the case of the disgraced former bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia:...
