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Kashmiri couple buy US church to start cultural centre

A Kashmiri couple is in the process of buying a 97-year-old vacant church in America that they want to convert into a museum and library of art, culture and history of Kashmir. Khurshid Guru, a robotic surgeon and his wife, Lubna Guru are buying the church at 650 Park Place in Niagara Falls. “The couple […]

Two Indians appointed to Vatican council for dialogue

Two Indian prelates are among the new members Pope Francis appointed on July 8 to the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue. They are Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado, the secretary general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, and Bishop Raphy Manjaly of Allahabad. They will join Cardinals Luis Antonio Tagle, the Prefect of the Congregation […]

Church health workers from Kerala make mark in Maharashtra

A group of health workers from Tellicherry archdiocese in Kerala has won praises for their dedicated services among coronavirus victims in a Maharashtra district. “The district collector and other officers are highly impressed with their work,” says Father Tomy Kariyilakulam, director Bel Air Hospital, a Red Cross Society of India institution managed by the church […]

Religious institutions offer premises for Covid-19

As the number of coronavirus infections surge across the country, minority religious institutions, staying true to their values of humanism, have shown the way by offering their premises to be converted to quarantine centres or hospitals to strengthen the fight against the pandemic. In Mumbai, Pawan Dham and Paras Dham Jain derasars (temples) had been […]

Indian Church leaders ‘Ignoring Papal norms on Sex Charges’

Catholic lay leaders in India have accused church officials of ignoring papal instructions to deal with sex abuse by trying to shield a bishop facing allegations of murder, womanizing and corruption. Lay leaders Chhotebhai and Melwyn Fernandes urged the papal nuncio to India, Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, to take action against Bishop Kannikadass Antony William of […]

Indian cardinal clarifies reports of priests missing Covid-19 funerals

Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai has explained the confusion that resulted in some laypeople leading funeral rites and accusing their parish priests of not attending the last ceremonies of Covid-19 victims. The cardinal’s statement came after the media published reports about lay Catholics leading funeral prayers and blessing graves to bury their family members. The […]

Vietnam court jails Catholic blogger for eight years

Vietnam has jailed an out-spoken Catholic blogger, known for commenting on social issues, for allegedly trying to undermine the state. The People’s Court in Lam Dong province on July 7 senten-ced Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong, 29, to eight years in jail and three years’ probation for “mak-ing, hoarding and disseminating anti-state propaganda.” The blogger from […]

Jakarta cardinal to sit on Vatican interfaith body

Catholics in Indonesia have welcomed the appointment of Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo of Jakarta as a new member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Many of them stressed the need for him to promote tolerance in the multi-religious country. Cardinal Suharyo, also the chairman of the Indonesian Bishops’ Conference and an ordinary of the […]