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Bhutan’s only Catholic priest‍

Recently by chance, I met Father Kinley Tshering, former provincial superior of Darjeeling Jesuit Province in India, the first and only native Bhutan Catholic Priest. Bhutan is a close Buddhist theocracy with a population of less than a million, located in the Eastern Himalayas in South Asia, sandwi

Kandhamal children receive educational support from Canadian group

A Canada-based Catholic humanitarian group has come forward to support the education of children of the Kandhamal survivors in Odisha, eastern India. “Faith without work is dead,” said Al Basilo, operations head of the Answering the Cry of the Poor (ANCOP) International Canada, at a gathering of 522 such children who gathered at Catherine’s Girls’ […]

Franciscans seek ways to evangelize through social media

The Association of Franciscan Families of India (AFFI) organized a national training for priests and nuns for effective evangelization through social media at St Fidelis College, Lucknow. As many as 72 members of AFFI along with secretaries of other religious congregation attended the Dec. 1-4 intensive hands-on training on “Social Media and Communications,” said Capuchin […]

Bishop voices concern over proposed anti-conversion law in India

A local bishop in India has voiced his objection to a proposed new anti-conversion law in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The UP State Law Commission on submitted a report to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath suggesting a new law to check “forcible religious conversions.” The head of the commission, Justice Aditya Nath Mittal, was quoted […]

Massive march demands enactment of Church Act in Kerala

A secretariat march organized by the Joint Christian Council in the Kerala State capital to press for a Church act drew a massive crowd. The march on November 28 was held under the aegis of the ecumenical All Kerala Church Act Action Council (AKCAAC) that has demanded the enactment of the Kerala Christian Church Properties […]

“Ambassador of Peace” calls for ‘ability to listen’

The secret of success of any peace effort is the ability to listen, says Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, who on December 9 received the latest “Ambassador for Peace” award from the International Human Rights Council. “Many think that volubility and vocabulary, a cute approach and a persuasive tongue will convince the parties in conflict. But far […]