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Dalit woman is youngest mayor of India’s Chennai city

Priya Rajan, a Dalit woman, has become the youngest mayor of Chennai, the fourth-largest city in India with a population of around 10 million. Rajan, 28, a postgraduate in commerce, was sworn in on March 4 as the 49th mayor of the city. She is said to be a member of the Evangelical Church of India […]

Indian probe against Mother Teresa nuns falls apart

The much-publicized case of religious conversion against Missionaries of Charity (MC) nuns in India’s western state of Gujarat has come a cropper with the prosecution admitting there was no serious basis to proceed against them. The prosecution gave a written undertaking to a court in Vadorara city that it would not pursue the case any […]

Mulakkal verdict signals need for structural and systemic change

The verdict acquitting Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the much-awaited case of the sexual abuse of a religious sister has been disappointing to many of us, and has made us suspicious. “I write this for many reasons; first, because I have journeyed with this case from a distance; and because I feel the need for speaking […]

Catholic priest made colonel in Indian army

A Carmelite of Mary Immaculate priest was on February 26 conferred the honorary title of Colonel Commandant by the federal Ministry of Defense. Father Abraham Mani Vettiankal, who serve as the vice chancellor of the Christ University in Bengaluru is the first Indian Catholic priest to get the honour for his outstanding contributions to the […]

Indian Catholic politician reviled for seeking Good Friday liquor ban

A Catholic politician’s demand that the state government in Tamil Nadu keep liquor shops closed on Good Friday has triggered a backlash on social media. Peter Alphonse, the chairperson of Tamil Nadu Minorities Commission, wrote to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on March 3 urging him to close all government liquor shops on April 15. He […]

Arunachal bishop appeals children to pray for Ukraine counterpart

The Catholic Bishop of India’s remotest diocese has appealed children to pray for their counterparts in war-torn Ukraine. Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao made the appeal March 10 soon after Russian airstrikes hit a kindergarten in Dnipro city of Ukraine. “I appeal to all our children in the diocese to pray the ‘Our Father, as […]

Missionaries of Charity elects first Indian superior general

The Missionaries of Charity congregation has elected Sister M Joseph as its new superior general. The election took place March 12 at the congregation’s Mother House in Kolkata, eastern India. Sister Joseph replaces Sr Mary Prema (Pierick), a German who led the congregation founded by Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata, for the past 13 years. […]

Indian nuns from Missionaries of Charity stay back in Ukraine

The two Missionaries of Charity (MC) nuns from India working in war-torn Ukraine have decided to stay back to serve the people amid the Russian army advancing to invade the country. Sisters Rosela Nuthangi and Ann Frida from India’s Mizoram, a Christian-dominated state in India’s northeast, have expressed their “decision to stay on in Ukraine, […]