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...
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...
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...
The arrest and imprisonment of an 83-year-old Jesuit priest in a two-year-old case have led to massive protests by people’s organizations, activists, intellectuals and concerned citizens from across India. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), a federal body to...
“In every democratic country, politicians’ freedom and power are defined by the constitution and, of course, their ability to be credible. After a special court ordered the acquittal of hardline Hindu leaders from a conspiracy charge of bringing down a 16th-century...
