Indian army works to befriend Naga Christian village

The Naga Baptist Christians of Oting village in India’s Nagaland state, not far from the international border with Myanmar, are now trying to come out of the worst period of darkness in their life. Their village had courted ill fate and controversy on Dec. 4, 2021,...

Consecrated persons rejuvenate Church: Cardinal Ferrao

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, archbishop of Goa and Daman, has hailed the Catholic religious men and women as a blessing since they rejuvenate the Church. “You render service to the holiness of the Church. We need your prophetic voice and action. You can teach the...

Veteran woman journalist wins Examiner weekly’s golden pen award

Nirmala Carvalho, a veteran journalist who contributes regularly to Church publications in India and overseas, has won the prestigious Golden Pen Award for excellence in journalism, given by The Examiner, a 175-year-old weekly published from Mumbai. Cardinal Oswald...

Odisha Catholics thank Mother Mary for Kandhamal martyrs

More than 25,000 people, who attended the annual feast of a Marian shrine associated with a Hindu woman in Odisha, have credited Mother Mary for the Vatican recognition of the Kandhamal martyrs. Saraj Nayak, the secretary of the development committee of Partamaha...

Power plant spells misery for Sri Lankan fisherfolk

Fisherman S.K. Cruz has been facing hard times looking after his four-member family since the government opened a 103.5 megawatts wind power plant on the coast of the Gulf of Mannar in northern Sri Lanka four years ago. Earlier, he used to take his plastic boat out...