Brother Jesu-das Gabriel Amirtham, a member of the Society of St. Paul who promo-ted peace clubs for children and ran mobile bookshops among other activities, has died. The death occurred at 4 pm on April 10 at the congregation’s house in Kochi, Kerala, following a...
An Indian will now handle the funds of the worldwide Society of Jesus, the second largest Catholic religious congregation for men after the Salesians. Jesuit superior general Father Arturo Sosa on March 28 announced the name of Father Sebastian J Jeerakassery, a...
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on April 13 granted bail to a Catholic school principal accused of sexual abuse of student. A day earlier, the court granted temporary relief from arrest to Bishop Gerald Almeida of Jabalpur and Father Jagan Raj in an alleged cheating...
The pro-Hindu government in a central Indian state has agreed to provide police protection during Holy Week to churches in a diocese where Christians face hostility from Hindu nationalist groups. “We will provide adequate security for churches in the Jhabua diocese...
In a rare and significant gesture for India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Delhi on the occasion of Easter 2023. Modi – welcomed by Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto – spoke to the faithful; he also lit a...
