Christ University student helps rescue 4 from sea

Christ University student helps rescue 4 from sea

An 18-year-old student of Bengaluru’s Christ University used his drone to save four fishermen who floated in the sea for hours after their boat capsized. Devang Subil, a student Bachelor of Technology, had come to his home in Kerala after the corona-virus forced...
Odisha Church’s  largest holistic laity centre opened

Odisha Church’s largest holistic laity centre opened

The diocese of Berhampur in Odisha has opened the largest holistic laity centre in the eastern Indian state. Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur inaugurated the “Anugraha Peetho”(centre of grace) on December 27 at Mohana in the Gajapati district. In his address at...
Pandemic puts squeeze on Jakarta’s parishes

Pandemic puts squeeze on Jakarta’s parishes

The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly affected parish life, particularly in Jakarta Archdiocese, with the Indonesian capital recording the highest number of virus cases in the country. This, however, has forced the archdiocese’s parishes to be more creative. Indonesia has...
Worsening situation in Papua sparks church tensions

Worsening situation in Papua sparks church tensions

Intending to visit activists arrested for treason, Fr Pius Cornelius Manu, a priest in Papua’s Merauke Archdiocese, was shouted at by police, in-terrogated and had his bag searched. “I was shocked because I had often visited, arrested activists. Previously, I was not...