Pope Francis has appointed Arch-bishop Joseph Kalathiparambil of Verapoly as a member of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples for five years. This is the second time the 68-year-old Indian prelate joins the congregation. Earlier, he had served the...
Pope Francis on December 28 promoted Bishop Victor Lyngdoh of Jowai as the archbishop of Shillong in the northeastern State of Meghalaya. The appointment was made public at noon in Rome, corresponding to 4:30 pm in India. Shillong archdiocese, the mother diocese of...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to make slow but steady inroads into Kerala, an unassailable bastion for the saffron party so far, results of the recently held local body elections indicate. Although the BJP failed to perform as expected in the Kerala civic...
But in recent weeks, jail authorities in India have been called out for being especially cruel to prisoners, particularly the govern-ment’s critics who are described as “human rights defenders” by international rights groups. Earlier this month, the Bombay High Court...
With differences between Orthodox and Jacobite factions in widening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will talk to both groups to find a lasting solution to some issues, said Mizoram Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai. The governor, also hailing from Kerala, said he had...
