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Pell says jail offers lessons for how the Church should manage money‍

To hear Catholicism’s most famous former inmate tell the story, the experience of being in jail actually offers improbable insights for Church management, perhaps especially managing money. In a new video released on July 14, Australian Cardinal George Pell, who spent more than 400 days in jail af

Iraq’s Christians ‘close to extinction’

In an impassioned address in London, the Rt Rev Bashar Warda said Iraq’s Christians now faced extinction after 1,400 years of persecution. Since the US-led invasion toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 2003, he said, the Christian community had dwindled by 83%, from around 1.5 million to just 250,000. “Christianity in Iraq,” he said, […]

Tamil Nadu dioceses mourn catechist’s death

Madurai archdiocese and Si-vagangai diocese in Tamil Nadu, southern India, have mourned the death of a catechist who served the Church for 51 years. Brother Santiago, as fondly he was called, who was from Melakavanoor village and parish, Ramnad district, passed away on July 5. He was 78. Almost all priests were sad because they […]

Covid-19 victim becomes first nun cremated in India

Ashes of the first Indian Catholic nun to be cremated were interned in her congregation’s cemetery in Kerala State on July 7, five days after she died of Covid-19 in New Delhi. Sister Ajaya Mary, the Delhi provincial of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died on July 2 in the church-run […]

Doctorate for Fr Benny Palatty

Fr Dr Benny Jose Palatty has defended his Doctoral Thesis in the famous Jamia Millia Central University Delhi. In the Department of Education, Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Dr Benny Jose secured the Doctorate for his study titled, “Analysing interactions in a Social Science classroom at Elementary level,” under the guidance of Prof. Farah […]

Bishop Mulakkal’s bail cancelled, court issues non-bailable warrant

A court in Kerala on July 13 created history by issuing non-bailable arrest warrant against a Catholic bishop, who failed several times to appear for trial in a rape case. The Additional District and Sessions Judge in Kottayam on July 1 had asked Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar to be present in the court to […]