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Indian bishop condemns ‘inhuman’ rape-murder of Dalit woman‍

Church and political leaders in India have condemned the gang rape and murder of a Dalit woman in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The 19-year-old died in national capital Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on Sept. 29 after she was raped in Hathras on Sept. 14. She was taken to Safdarjung o

Caritas India awarded for Covid-19 efforts

Caritas India, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India’s social wing, has bagged the award for the best non-govern-mental organization for health-care services during the Covid-19 outbreak. Federal Health Minister Harsh Vardhan presented the award to Father Paul Moonjely, director of Caritas India, on Oct. 2 in a virtual ceremony organized by media group India Today. […]

Bombay Archdiocese’s seminary completes 60 years

St Pius X College, the major seminary of the Arch-diocese of Bombay, October 5 celebrated its sixty years of existence. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, celebrated the thanksgiving Mass at the seminary located at Goregaon West. The seminary has been instrumental in training ‘Ambassadors for Christ’ for Western India and beyond, the cardinal said. […]

Indian Catholics mourn loss of Belgian priest

Catholics and Jesuits in the eastern Indian State of Jharkhand are mourning a Belgian priest who worked tirelessly to educate tribal people and the downtrodden. Father Louis Francken died on Oct. 5 in Constant Lievens Hospital and Research Centre in Mandar, a suburb of Ranchi, the state capital. He was 82 and died of age-related illnesses. “His first […]

Jesuit college honors Patna-born international scientist

St Xavier’s College of Management and Techno-logy in Patna October 6 conferred the Xavier Pride of Bihar Award 2020 on Saikat Guha, the new director of Centre for Quantum Networks under the University of Arizona in the United States. The award was presented during an online interactive session the Patna-born scientist had with the students […]

Rape-accused bishop’s picture with Pope pert-urbs Catholic women

The publication of a rape accused bishop’s picture with Pope Francis in a feast day greeting has upset a group of Catholic women in India. A press release issued by Sisters in Solidarity on October 6 says its members “are perturbed to see a greeting that is being circulated on the occasion of the feast […]