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Catholics in India rejoice over first Dalit cardinal‍

Catholics in India seem euphoric after Pope Francis named a Dalit from the country among the 21 new cardinals. Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals in the next consistory on Aug. 27, including five archbishops and one bishop from Asia. Sixteen of the new cardinals are under the age of 80, who a

Christians resent surveillance of Church-run schools in Indian state

Christian leaders in the central Indian Madhya Pradesh have objected to the state government’s move to put Church-run schools under the microscope. State home minister Narottam Mishra announced on May 16 that police will monitor Church-run schools to curb religious conversions. A day earlier, police arrest-ed six people, including two pastors, after Bajrang Dal, a […]

Film on Blessed Rani Maria released on TV

A feature film on Blessed Rani Maria Vattalil was premiered May 27 on Atmadarshan TV, a popular religious channel of the diocese of Indore, central India. Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal of Indore, who addressed the function in Indore, recalled Blessed Rani Maria’s struggle to organize poor tribals against the exploitation of moneylenders. She was among the […]

Indian awarded for training maximum addiction professionals

Thomas Scaria, a renowned expert in addiction management, training and consultancy, has become the first Indian to receive “International Awa-rd for Excellence in Training Provision.” Scaria, who heads the Mangaluru-based Ecolink Institu-te of Well-being, received the award May 14 at a function in Abu Dhabi. The award is instituted by the International Society for Substance […]

Father Subhash Anand’s sudden death mourned

Father Subhash Anand, a renowned philosophy professor who challenged Catholics in India to become Christ’s authentic disciples, died of a massive heart attack May 23 in Udaipur, Rajasthan. He was 78. Bishop Devprasad Ganawa of Udaipur has informed that the funeral begins at 10 am on May 24. Father Anand, a priest of the diocese […]

Sri Lankan court imposes travel ban on protesting priest

A Sri Lankan court has ordered a travel ban on a Catholic priest for being part of the “GotaGoGama” protests demanding President Gotabaya Rajpaksha’s resignation over the nation’s worsening economic situation. Officials from the Criminal Investigation Department in-formed Father Amila Jeewantha Pieris about the travel ban on May 23. The activist priest has been involved […]