The Churches in Asia need to seize the moment to stress the Asianness of the Church as Pope Francis encourages Church communities to become more grounded through continental contextual theologies, says Redemptorist Father Vimal Tirimanna, one of Asia’s leading...
Kandhamal Collector Ashis Ishwar Patil has promised to comply with a court order to give compensation to a kin of a Catholic priest, who died dur-ing the 2008 anti-Christian violence. “I have received the High Court Order and asked some clarifications and documents,”...
The Archdiocese of Bhopal has concluded a three-day Bible Mahotsav (grand festival) with the imposition of pallium upon Archbishop Alangaram Arokia Sebastian Durairaj. The festival, a spiritual retreat for the laity, began with a procession of the Bible at 8:30 am on...
Thousands of fishermen and wo-men on October 28 stormed the under construction Vizhinjam International Port by the Adani groups, throwing police barricades to the Arabian sea as the protest entered 101 days. The more than 1,500 police force remained calm as the...
A Catholic nun serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was among the seven people killed October 19 evening when gunmen aligned with the Islamic State attacked a Catholic mission hospital in a raid. Sister Marie-Sylvie Kavuke Vakatsuraki and six patients at...
