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Peace Award for Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil

The Delhi-based International Human Rights Council has announced an “Ambassador for Peace” Award for retired Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati. The Award conferred on 9th December 2019 in New Delhi in the presence of invitees from all over the country and abroad. One of the earlier recipients of the Award is the Dalai Lama among […]

New Palayamkottai bishop appointed

Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Antonysamy Savarimuthu as the new bishop of Palayamkottai diocese in Tamil Nadu State. The bish-op designate is a priest of the same diocese. The appointment was announced at 12 noon on November 20 in Rome and 4:30 pm, its corresponding time in India.

Indian youth appointed to International Youth Advisory Body

Indian Catholic girl, Jesvita Princy Quadras, among others, is appointed to International Youth Advisory Body. On the Solemnity of Christ the King on November 24, the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life of the Roman Curia announced about the establishment of an International Youth Advisory Body made up of 20 young people from different […]

Hills College wins international award

A college in Darjeeling hills has won an international award for Faculty Orientation and Strategic Planning. Salesian College Principal Father George Thadathil and CEO of Leader-ship Inc Hong Kong Mark J. Pixley were awarded IAF Silver Medal Inter-national Award by its Asia Head Farah at the Umrao, New Delhi, on Novem-ber 15.

National Geographic honours Kerala’s “rebel” nuns

The US-based National Geographic magazine has honoured Kerala’s five “rebel” nuns by featuring them in its November issue. The 131-year-old magazine has hailed the endurance of Missionaries of Jesus Sisters Alphy Pallasseril, Ancitta Urumbil, Anupama Kelamangalathuveli, Josephine Villoonnickal, and Neena Rose in their demand for justice for one of their companions, who was allegedly raped […]

Indians less charitable than Asian counterparts

India ranked 82nd among 128 countries for generosity over the last 10 years, according to the tenth World Giving Index (WGI). Up to a third of Indians helped a stranger, one in four donated money, and one in five gave their time volunteering, the report said, attributing India’s low ranking to its strong culture of […]

CCBI Women’s Commission to revive role of mothers in Church

The Conference of Catholic Bi-shops’ of India (CCBI) – Women’s Commission held a workshop in New Delhi to revitalize the role of mothers in the Church. “The purpose of the seminar was to build a strong and united Church through faith-filled families by mothers in each diocese in India,” Sister Lidwin Fernandes, executive secretaries of […]

Syro-Malabar church to issue its ‘Aadhaar’ for parishes

In an ambitious attempt to move with the times and make its services, religious and otherwise, available at the ‘fingertips’ of believers, the Syro-Malabar Church is launching an app for each of its roughly 3,500 parishes – the church has already come out with custom made apps for more than 700 parishes. The apps are […]