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Abp Kariyil CMI Dispenses the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly from the Synod Decision‍

In a pastoral letter from Vatican Arch-bishop Antony Kariyil CMI has asked all the priests and faithful to keep the status quo as regards the orientation of the Holy Mass from November 28 which the date to start to new mode of celebration of the Holy Mass as directed by the Synod, Using the provisio

Indian Catholic Forum to prepare for 2023 Synod

The Indian Catholic Forum, a collective of Catho-lics in the country, plans to meet next year to seek the Church’s reform and renewal. The February 5-6, 2022, program in Bengaluru, known as the Vatican of India, will stress sharing, praying, listening and dialoguing. The two-day deliberations would be recorded and synthesized, says a press note […]

New priest ordained from India’s most persecuted village

Catholics in the eastern Indian state of Odisha are celebrating the ordination of a priest who was a victim of India’s worst anti-Christian violence. Fr Vikash Nayak, 29, who hails from Tiangia village in Kandhamal district, was ordained on November 6 by Archbishop Emeritus William D’Souza of Patna, the apostolic administrator of Buxar Diocese in […]

Indian politician promises free pilgrimage to Velankanni

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has added Velankanni Church in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to his govern-ment’s promised free pilgrimage scheme for senior citizens. “We were getting requests from our Christian brothers and sisters to include some of their pilgrimage sites to the scheme, so we have decided to include Velankanni Church,” […]

Indian state chickens out after banning non-veg food

The provincial government in the western Indian state of Gujarat was compelled to roll back a ban on serving non-vegetarian food by street vendors after the poultry industry mostly run by Hindus objected to it. The municipal authorities of four major cities — Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara and Bhavnagar — had imposed the ban and started evicting street […]

Judge’s transfer in nun’s rape case reversed

After rigorous public charges of foul play and sabotage, Kerala’s High Court in Kochi Nov. 20 overruled a move to transfer the trial judge from the high-profile case against a bishop in the alleged rapes of a nun. Critics said the transfer of Judge G. Gopakumar, announced Nov. 12, would have stymied the completion of […]