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Syro-Malabar liturgy dispute raised in Ireland‍

The liturgy dispute in India’s Syro-Malabar Church was raised at an annual pilgrimage to an international Eucharistic and Marian Shrine in Ireland’s Knock town. Around 4,000 Catholics attended the May 13 pilgrimage of the Syro Malabar Community living in Ireland that was led by Bishop Stephen Chirappanath, the Apostolic Visitor of the Syro Malabar Catholics […]

Faith comforts family of Indian Catholic killed by stray bullet in Sudan

An Indian Catholic killed by a stray bullet in Sudan in front of his wife and daughter on April 15 is finally home, with his remains returned to the southern Indian state of Kerala May 19 and laid to rest the next day. Albert Augustine, a former Indian soldier who had been working in private […]

121 churches of 15 denominations destroyed in Manipur violence

As normalcy has limped back to Manipur, Churches have taken stock of the damages they have suffered during the four-day mayhem that ravaged the northeastern Indian state. According to a list publi-shed by the Churachandpur District Christian Goodwill Church, as many as 121 churches and buildings belonging to 15 denominations were torched or destroyed in […]

Survivors of Manipur violence recount bloodcurdling stories

On May 2, a day before Manipur went up in flames, T. Khupminthang, took shelter in the house of his employer, a Meitei, along with his son and three others. The five Kuki tribals were residents of Churachandpur district, but worked in Imphal, capital of the northeastern Indian state. Two of them did not survive […]

Protect humans from wild animals: Cardinal Alencherry pleads

Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church has termed as “a shame” the increasing cases of wild animals killing humans in the southern Indian state of Kerala. “Incidents of wild animals entering villages and killing and injuring humans are on the rise,” laments the cardinal’s May 19 press statement that cited wild buffalos killing […]

10 people arrested on conversion charges in India

Police arrested 10 people under the stringent anti-conversion law after a raid on a Christian prayer gathering in a central Indian state. Some 70 Christians had gathered at a private residence in Kotwali in the Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh state on May 13 when a police team arrived and stopped their prayer meeting alleging […]