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New cardinal boosts global recognition of Indian Eastern-rite church

The elevation of an Indian priest who worked in the Vatican as cardinal adds to the global recognition of the Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church, says the Church’s spokesperson. Father George Jacob Koovakad, a priest of the Kerala-based Church’s Changanacherry archdiocese, was among the 21 new cardinals named by Pope Francis on Oct. 6. They will […]

Catholic Church mourns death of Indian business leader

Indian bishops have joined the nation’s top leaders and industry captains in mourning the death of Ratan Tata, an iconic business leader, philanthropist, and visio-nary. Tata, the former chairman of Tata Group died on Oct. 9 at 86 in Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra. He is credited with putting the Indian conglo-merate on the […]

Indian cardinal wants Church to be a ‘bridge builder’ in Asia

An Indian cardinal attending the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican says the Church in Asia emphasizes its role as a “bridge builder” by developing respect for other faiths. “We no longer refer to them as non-Christian religions or other religions,” said Card. Oswald Gracias of Bombay in an Oct. 7 press briefing, the news […]

Indian govt rejects US religious freedom report

India’s Hindu right-wing government has rejected a United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report on India, calling the US agency “biased” and the findings “malicious.” The USCIRF ”is a biased organization with a political agenda,” Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters in the capital New Delhi. “We reject this malicious report, […]

Religious sister honoured for service to Indigenous People in the Philippines

Sr. Minerva Caampued of the Franciscan Apostolic Sisters was recognized for her dedi-cated service to the Indigenous people of Sta. Ana town, where she has worked to preserve their heritage while promoting edu-cation and sustainable liveli-hoods. The award, established in 1983 by the AY Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Yuchen-gco Group of Companies, and […]

Indonesian Catholics celebrate the first native cardinal of Flores

In the appointment of 21 new cardinals announced by Pope Francis on October 6, there is also an absolute novelty for Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, and one that has caused great ‘surprise’ among the faithful and within the local Church: after the three cardinals originally from the province of Central Java and […]

Bishop David appointed cardinal: the joy of the poor in the suburbs of the Philippines

The news of the appointment as Cardinal of Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan, one of the smallest dioceses in the Philippines, was greeted with great joy by lay people, priests and bishops. As announced yesterday after the Marian Angelus prayer, Msgr. David – who is 65 years old and has been the president of […]

Israeli missile destroys Catholic church in Lebanon; at least 8 dead

A church of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Tyre, Lebanon, was hit by a missile from Israeli airstrikes in the country’s south Oct. 9, killing at least eight people, the British branch of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has reported. Local sources told ACN that the church, located in […]