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Telugu Church loses second bishop in three days

The Catholic Church has lost another Church in the land of Telugu. Bishop Emeritus Innayya Chinna Addagatla of Srikakulam died at 11:30 pm on April 1, at the residence of the local Bishop. He was 84, says a report from Father Stephen Alathara, deputy secretary general of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in India.

Telugu Church mourns death of Nalgonda’s first bishop

The Church in the undivided Andhra Pradesh on March 30 mourned the death of Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, who had sacrificed his life for Telugu people. The first Bishop of Nalgonda diocese died in the afternoon of March 30 in the regional house of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh. He […]

Indian Christians condemn call to boycott halal meat

Church leaders have joined political parties and the Muslim community to condemn a call by Hindu groups to boycott halal meat during the traditional New Year celebrations in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The state celebrated the Ugadi festival followed by Hosa tadukua, which is supposed to be a day of non-vegetarian feasting, on […]

Infant sale racket: Catholic nun demands probe

A Catholic nun working among the poor, especially Dalits, has expressed shock at the expo-sure of an infant selling racket in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Poverty alone is not the rea-son for the “rather unfortunate” racket, asserts Sister Manju Devarapalli, secretary of the National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW). The Carmelite Missionaries nun […]

Father Earl Fernandes, son of immigrants from India, named next bishop of Columbus, Ohio

Father Earl K. Fernandes says that when he was growing up in Toledo, Ohio, his mother used to pray that he’d become “a good boy, a tall boy, and a doctor like my dad.” God had other plans for his profession. On April 2nd, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has appointed the 49-year-old Cincinnati […]

Culture of service should replace clericalism, says Indian theologian

Clericalism, which Pope Francis calls “a perversion of the priesthood,” operates also among some Catholic priests and bishops in India, says a Jesuit moral theologian. Clericalism is largely center-ed on one’s access to power and wealth in the Church, which in turn gives some priests and bi-shop the taken-for-granted immunity, explains Father Stanislaus Alla, professor […]

Missionaries of Charity’s new leader to continue original charism

Sister Mary Joseph, the newly elected superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, says her global congregation will continue its original mission of serving the poorest of the poor, despite numerous hurdles. She also asserts that religious conversion is not their agenda as alleged by some hardliners. Sister Joseph cannot speak for a long time […]

Burmese soldiers invade Catholic cathedral, detain archbishop

Approximately 40 Burmese soldiers forcibly took control of a Catholic cathedral in Mandalay prior to a Lenten prayer service on April 8 and detained an Archbishop and dozens of other worshippers, including a correspondent for CNA. The soldiers entered Sacred Heart Cathedral at 2:30 p.m. local time April 8 and refused to allow worshipers to […]