The official portrait of Servant of God Niña Ruíz-Abad was presented April 7 during the opening of the dio-cesan phase of her cause for cano-nization at St.William Cathedral in the town of Laoag located in the Ilocos Norte region of the Philippines. If canonized, the...
Archbishop in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has urged Catholics to vote for a secular government in the country’s upcoming general election. “Choose a leader who is secular, non-communal, believes in the constitution, and is less corrupt,” Archbishop Peter...
Focusing on bioethical issues is to offer a partial (and too easy) reading of Dignitatis Infinita, the doctrinal declaration on human rights released by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, a view supported by Card Anthony Poola, archbishop of Hyderabad, in...
Caritas India’s work among tribal people and Dalits or former untouchables does not auger well with Hindu groups. A pro-Hindu group has demanded a federal probe into the activities of Caritas India, the social service organi-zation of the national Catholic bishops’...
The Catholic Church obser-ved the Holy Week with chur-ches packed with refugees in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur where ethnic violence has raged for 11 months. Fr Varghese Velickakam, vicar general of Imphal archdiocese that covers the entire state, said...
