Father Francois Laborde, a French Jesuit who spent decades among the poor of Kolkata, was buried on December 28 in a parish in the capital city of West Bengal. Fr Laborde was considered the inspira-tion behind French author Dominique Lapierre’s “City of Joy,” a novel...
The Archaeological Survey of India has begun the restore the four-century old silver casket that houses the relics of Saint Francis Xavier at the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa. The casket, which was last tended to in 1698, has been braving the elements within the...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee greeted the people on Christmas after attending services at a church in the city. Banerjee attended Christmas services at the Cathedral of The Most Holy Rosary in Kolkata and interacted with the people. “The beauty of Bengal...
With Christmas just over a week away, Arch-bishop of Bombay Cardinal Oswald Gracias on Dece-mber 15 sounded a note of caution, asking churches and parishioners to follow the guidelines in place in view of the pandemic. Issuing a slew of guidelines and Standard...
A senior Catholic priest found on a railway track with his throat cut in Andhra Pradesh State in southern India was buried in his home parish on Dec. 12 even as mystery shrouds his death. The body of 62-year-old Father Santosh Chepathini, priest of Chinta-kani Parish...
