Bishop Franco Mulakkal of India’s Jalandhar Diocese, who is facing trial on charges of raping a Catholic nun, has appealed to the country’s top court to clear him, pleading innocence after two lower courts rejected a similar petition. The Supreme Court of India...
The faithful of the Syro-Malabar rite now have a basilica for worship. The community coordinator, Fr Biju Muttathu-nnel, comments: “We are all celebrating, it is a great gift from the diocese and the Vatican.” An estimated 7 thousand faithful belonging to this rite...
A bishop of the Protestant Church of North India (CNI) has broken away and declared his diocese autonomous following differences with the church’s national administrative body. Bishop Basil B. Baskey of Chotanagpur Diocese in Jharkhand State was asked to go on leave...
Church leaders and activists have joined political leaders in opposing the federal government’s decision to auction coal blocks for commercial mining in the eastern Indian State of Jharkhand, which they say will disturb biodiversity and cause displacement. Hearing the...
A body representing prominent churches in the southern Indian State of Telangana has urged the state government to build a church along with a temple and a mosque in the new secretariat. The Federation of Telugu Churches, a body of churches in the state, also reminded...
