Pope Francis on July 8 appointed Father Ferdinand Dkhar, as the bishop of Jowai in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya. The 59-year-old bishop elect is currently the administrator of the diocese of Jowai. Bishop elect Dkhar was born February 26, 1962, in...
A mob has attacked the principal of a private high school in the western Indian city of Pune. The incident took place on July 4 when a group of parents, accompanied by the members Bajrang Dal, assaulted the principal of the D Y Patil High School for allegedly singing...
We meet many people in our day-to-day lives, known and unknown. But many do not realize the goodness of the people we come across. They may be saints who are making changes in the lives and others. In the fast-moving world, people have no time to sit and talk with...
Christians in the eastern Indian state of Odisha seem elated that Pope Francis has created a commission for new martyrs. They hope the new commission would address their demand that the Church recognize as martyrs their people killed during the 2008 anti-Christian...
A court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 12 pronounced 6 of the 11 accused guilty, 13 years after they chopped of the hand of T J Joseph, a college professor in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The special court of the National Investigation...
