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Sons of Immaculate Conception ordains first priest from Kandhamal‍

A survivor of the 2008 anti-Chri-stian violence in Odisha’s Kandhamal district is the first Catholic priest or-dained for the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, an Italian congregation. Vincentian Bishop Aplinar Sena-pati Rayagada ordained Uchhaba Pradhan as a priest during a solemn Mass St. Joseph’s Nivas Community, Serma, Gumuda parish, some 100 km from Rayagada district […]

Catholic nuns get trained to seek redressal of grievances

The Conference of Religious Women India has trained 46 nuns to create awareness about the grievance redressal cell among its members in northern India. The Jan 19-21 Training of Trainers program was attended by participants from Andamans, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, North East, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. The training at […]

Threat to controversial Indian ex-bishop’s life alleged

A police case has been re-gistered against a retired Indian archbishop and six priests for posing a threat to the life of a bishop who quit this month. Police in southern Karnataka state have launched a probe against retired Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal and six diocesan priests based on a complaint by the younger […]

Girls’ band of Salesian school in Tripura makes history

The chief minister and oth-ers in Tripura have applauded a Salesian school in a village in the northeastern Indian state after its girls’ band, formed less than a year ago, made history at national level. The Girls Brass Band of St Xavier’s Pathaliaghat clinched third place at the National School Band Competition held in New […]

Indian court wades into inter-faith marriage issue

Religious conversion for marriage must be done only after fully knowing the rituals and customs of the chosen faith, an Indian court has said amid controversies surrounding inter-faith marriages in the South Asian nation. People who convert to marry should be fully aware of “the consequences of such actions,” A.C Michael, a former member of […]

Tribal Christians under pressure to renounce faith in Indian state

A Catholic archbishop in the central Indian Chhattisgarh state has urged his Catholics to remain united in their faith amid claims by a Hindu group of having converted about 250 Christian families to the Hindu religion. Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur of Raipur told UCA News on Jan 29 that “it is time we should be united and […]