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Delegation from Mother Teresa’s birthplace visits Kolkata

Sept 1, 2023: A delegation from Skopje in North Macedonia, the birthplace of Saint Mother Teresa visited Kolkata, the base of her charity works around the world. The delegation visited the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity to pay their homage to the saint.

Delhi priest celebrates private Mass with US president

A private Mass was celebrated in a luxury hotel for United States President Joe Biden, a devout Catholic. The US embassy in the Indian capital requested Father Nicholas Dias, secretary of the liturgy commission of the archdiocese of Delhi, to offer the private Mass with Biden. Father Dias celebrated the Mass at 9 am on […]

Threat to Christian institutions on rise: Catholic educators

Christians and their institutions are increasingly facing hatred being spread by the Hindutva fringe elements in the country, says Father Suresh Mathew, editor of Indian Currents weekly, published from New Delhi. The Capuchin priest was addressing a seminar in connection with the annual general body meeting of the Association of Catholic Educational Institutions in Uttar […]

Most Asians relate religion to nationality, says survey

Religion and nationality are inseparable for most people living in South and Southeast Asian nations, confirms a report of a survey Pew Research Center released on Sept. 12. In Buddhist majority countries of Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, more than 90 % people believe religion and their national identity are linked, and being Buddhist is important […]

Northeast Church studies Fratelli Tutti to promote brotherhood

The Church in North East India came together to study Pope Francis’ latest encyclical Fratelli Tutti to promote universal brotherhood and fraternity within the Church and with the people of other faiths. Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati, who heads the Church in the region, says the Pope’s encyclical published in 2020 is “relevant today in […]

Prelate Sued for Upholding ‘Pure Blood’ Catholicism

A couple that was denied the sacrament of marriage on racial grounds, despite a high court order, is suing a Syro-Malabar archbishop and priest for contempt of court. Justin John, a Catholic from the Kottayam archdiocese, filed a contempt of court petition against Abp. Mathew Moolakkatt and Fr. Sijo Stephan in the Kerala High Court on Friday, […]

Priest brother donates kidney to sister nun

Sept 6, 2023: Father Ebi Poruthoor is the latest Catholic priest in the southern Indian state of Kerala to donate one of his kidneys. The 31-year-old priest of the diocese of Palghat on September 4 donated the kidney to Sister Bini Maria, his sister.The 27-year-old member of the Holy Family congregation required dialysis thrice a […]

An Indian nun who turned filmmaker and won accolades

An Indian Catholic nun has won accolades with an award-winning short film and photographic documentation of tribal life in one of the last few surviving forests in the financial capital of the country. For Sister Josefina Albuquerque, from the congregation of Religious of Jesus and Mary in Mumbai, it’s a dream come true after a […]