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Minister Muraleedharan leads Indian delegation to Mariam Thresia canonization

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan led the Indian delegation at the ceremony in which Pope Francis will declare Mariam Thresia a saint in Vatican City on Oct. 13. Muraleedharan visited the Vatican City on October 12-13 for the canonisation of Sister Mariam Thresia, the Ministry of External Affairs said. Sister Mariam Thresia, […]

Dalit, tribal girls honoured for academic excellence

Ten tribal and dalit girls from various parts of India were honoured for their academic excellence at a recent function in the national capital. The awards have been hailed as a novel and unique move by the Catholic Church in India to reach out and encourage the less fortunate girl children, Sister Talisha Nadukudiyil, national […]

India’s Christian philosophers to discuss science’s perils, possibilities

The 44th annual research seminar of the Association of Christian Philosophers of India (ACPI) will take place at the St Joseph Vaz Spiritual Renewal Centre, Old Goa. The October 23 to 25 addresses the theme: “Philosophizing Science: Promises, Perils and Possibilities.” The seminar will be co-hosted by the Indian Institute of Science and Religion (IISR), […]

Jesuits in India promote pope’s ecological agenda

There are still areas in which the Jesuits can work to protect the environment in India, according to a member of the order. On February 19, Father Arturo Sosa, the superior general of the Society of Jesus, urged his men to give a pastoral priority to ecological issues, as a direct response to Pope Francis’s […]

Major Archiepiscopal Assembly begins

Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Church Cardinal Mar Cleemis has highlighted the relevance of family values for the betterment of society. Delivering the inaugural address at the second Major Archi-episcopal Assembly of the church here on Oct. 8, he said, family values and religious belief were increasingly coming under attack. If the family lost belief […]

Former Chikmagalur bishop dies

Former Bp John Baptist Sequeira of Chikmagalur died on October 9 due to old age ailments. The end came at the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Hosur Road, Bengaluru. He was 89. The funeral Service was held at 3 pm on October 11 at the Home for the Aged (Little Sisters of […]

Pakistan rejects attempt to allow non-Muslim PM, president

A Christian MP in Pakistan has slammed the ruling Justice party for rejecting his bill seeking to allow non-Muslim members of parliament to become president or prime minister of the country. Naveed Aamir Jeeva, a Christian lawmaker of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, tabled the bill in the National Assembly. The bill proposed amendment to […]

Cardinal urges extra security for Sri Lanka’s religious places

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has written a letter to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena appealing for extra security for Catholic institutions. It follows concerns that churches may face more attacks after the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of three churches and three hotels that killed 259 people and injured more than 500. A senior Catholic priest said […]