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India’s Catholic bishops urge voters to keep country secular

As india prepares to elect a new federal government this spring, its catholic bishops have urged citizens “to vote wisely” to help the country remain a secular and democratic republic. “we urge all citizens to enroll as voters and exercise their sacred duty to vote wisely, so that we elect leaders who are committed to […]

Meghalaya assembly takes up Catholic nun’s humiliation

An opposition member in the Meghalaya legislative assembly on February 22 sought government intervention after a Catholic nun was humiliated while traveling in a bus five days ago. Charles, a member of the Trinamool Congress, told the zero hour that the nun, who works in Siju village in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills, was forced to […]

Indian Christians wary of state’s plan to beef up anti-conversion law

The provincial government of a central Indian state has announced plans to add more teeth to its sweeping anti-conversion law, which is often used to target Christians in the country. The proposed bill by the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Chhattisgarh requires individuals seeking to convert to another religion to apply at least 60 […]

Mangaluru school denies nun teacher denigrated Hindu deitie

A convent school in Mangaluru, southern India, on February 15 denied the allegations from some Hindu nationalist groups that a nun teacher had made derogatory remarks against Hindu deities. St. Gerosa High School’s denial came three days after it suspended the nun, yielding to the pressure from the Hindu groups. A press statement from Sister […]

Restore space denied to Christian Dalits, demands national conference

A national conference on synod has called for restoring the space denied to Dalit Christians in the Church and society. The February 16-17 conference on “Synodal Church: Voice of the Marginalized in India,” studied the Dalit Empowerment Policy of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, 2016, that mandates an end to caste practices and promotes […]

First Catholic priest awarded for promoting Tamil language

An octogenarian Catholic priest says an award he received from the Tamil Nadu government is the recognition of what Christians have contributed to the growth of Tamil language in the past five centuries. “I am glad the Christian contribution to Tamil language is being recognized. The larger society has not recognized pro-perly the contribution of […]

India’s Cardinal Ferrao elected head of Asian Catholic Church

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferro, archbishop of Goa-Daman, has been elected the president of the Federation of Asian Ca-tholic Bishops’ Conferences (FABC). He will succeed Salesian Cardinal Charles Muang Bo, the head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar, in January 2025, when he completes his three-year term as the head of the Asian Church. The election […]

Gunadala Sanctuary, the Lourdes of Andrha Pradesh turns 100

In the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh a large crowd took part this morning in the Eucharistic liturgy for the centenary of the Mary Matha shrine in Gunadala, in the diocese of Vijiawada. The liturgy – the heart of three days of celebrations – was presided by the Apostolic Nuncio in India. “The work begun by […]