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Jharkhand’s St Anne’s Girls’ School wins National Band Competition

St Anne’s Girls’ High School Ma-ndar, near Ranchi, won the National Inter-School Band Competition 2019-2020 in the girls’ category. Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education and Literacy organized it on January 23 at Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi.

Pope asks Cardinal Gracias to continue as Bombay archbishop

Church leaders in India have welcomed Pope Francis asking Cardinal Oswald Gracias to continue as the Bombay archdiocese. “It is good news. We welcome the cardinal’s extension as the Archbishop of Bombay,” Bishop Allwyn D’Silva told Matters India on January 28, responding to the Pope’s decision. Cardinal Gracias had on November 30, 2019, submitted to […]

Study finds bishops are satisfied with their life and ministry

Catholics may be surprised to learn that many U.S. bishops describe their lives as both all-consuming and satisfying, a priest-researcher said. “These are guys who generally get up very, very early in the morning, pray about two hours every day and work about 10 hours a day,” said Father Stephen Fichter, a research associate at […]

Bishops ask Kerala state to end anti-Christian policy

The Synod of India’s eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church has appealed to the Kerala State government to end discrimination against Christians in distributing benefits intended for religious minorities. The Synod’s call came in the concluding statement issued on Jan 15. Of the 64 bishops, 57 attended the Jan. 7-15 assembly at Church headquarters in Kochi, the […]

Christian among seven murdered in Indian tribal village

Police have confirmed the murder of seven tribal people, at least one of them Christian, four days after they were reported missing from their village in eastern India’s Jharkhand State. The seven, who opposed the Pathalgadi movement for autonomy, were kidnapped on Jan. 19, reportedly by rivals, and murdered, official Murari Lal Meena told media on […]

Youth engage in Salesian social projects around world

Starting mid-January, 1,157 young people will have an opportunity to give back through civil service volunteering. Salesians per il Sociale (Salesians for Social) coordinates the Universal Civil Service in Italy and other countries, which enables youth to have these life-changing volunteer experiences.

Bengaluru church desecrated, archbishop calls for reparation

Abp. Peter Machado of Bangalore on January 21 urged Catholics in his archdiocese to observe a day of reparation after miscreants desecrated sacred Hosts in a church. “I am not only terribly shocked and greatly grieved that desecration was done to the Eucharistic Lord in that church,” the archbishop said in a press note.

Rights violations in Chile: Archbishop’s installation interrupted

During the Jan. 11 installation Mass of CelestinoAós as the new archbishop of Santiago, Chile, a small number of protesters opened backpacks near the front of the church and dumped tear gas canisters on the floor. An Instagram post by portadasoñada, which describes itself as “an independent and self-managed media outlet” included a video of […]