Hope Society launches movement to help homeless through volunteerism

The Hope Society, a Bengaluru based organization, has launched an initiative to build homes for the homeless each month with people’s participation. The new movement on housing called ‘Project Shelter’ was initiated by Claretian Father George Kannanthanam on October...

Indian Christians condemn attack on prayer hall

Christian leaders in poll-bound India have condemned the desecration of a prayer hall on the outskirts of India’s financial hub Mumbai. They have urged police to nab the perpetrators for ransacking and defacing a Protestant assembly hall in Thane, around 45 kilometres...

Basic Ecclesial Communities convention begins in Dumka

Around 2,000 people on Oct 12 attended the inaugural Eucharist of Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) and Synod convention at Dumka, about 250 km northwest of Kolkata. The congregation danced before the Eucharist to express their joy of meeting each other and to thank...

Supreme Court judgement on Enforcement Directorate gives hope

The Enforcement Directorate, better-known as ED, could arrest any citizen even without possessing any evidence of the alleged financial scam. It seemed to have the absolute right of arrest. However, in a landmark judgment on October 3, the Supreme Court criticized the...

Parish priest of Gaza recounts two phone calls from Pope Francis

Pope Francis is constantly following what is happening in Gaza, reaching out to the small Christian community in the Strip by telephone. Parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli told Vatican News about two phone calls he has received from the Pope since  October 7. Fr....