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Agra Catholic college alumnus among world’s largest history prize winners‍

A former student of Agra’s St Peter’s College has brought glory to the Catholic institution by wi-nning the world’s largest history prize this year. Tripurdaman Singh is among nine research scholars to win the Dan David Prize that celebrates the next gener-ation of outstanding historians, arch

Indian court orders officials to take over disputed churches

The top court in India’s southern Kerala state has refused to set aside its earlier order directing government officials to take possession of six churches in a dispute between two factions of the Oriental Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch. The church properties are being claimed by both the warring Jacobite and Orthodox factions of the […]

Catholic leaders want review of Muslims’ land claim in Kerala

Catholic leaders have urged the Kerala government to review a state panel’s report favouring a Muslim charity’s claim over a piece of land, which threatens to evict some 600 families, most of them Catholics. Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil of Verapoly has urged the state government to review the Justice M. A. Nissar commission report. In an […]

Fresh violence in India’s Manipur amid peace talks

Peace talks in India’s strife-torn Manipur state have suffered a setback after fresh violence broke out when unknown gunmen attacked a police station and set on fire five houses. The attackers opened fire with highly sophisticated weapons at the Borobekera police station in Jiribam district in the early hours of Oct. 19, local officials said. […]

Indian Catholic religious forum to fight clericalism

A Catholic religious forum has vowed to fight clericalism in the Church by promoting lay leadership. “Clericalism is a serious issue and we have to fight it,” said Father Anand Mathew, the newly elected national convener of the Forum of Religious for Justice and Peace, a body of progressive religious priests, brothers, and nuns in […]

India’s Eastern Church head named in Vatican panel

The India-based Syro-Malabar Church has welcomed the appointment of its head, Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil, to a ten-member special Vatican committee on Eastern rite Churches. The appointment made by Pope Francis “is a major recognition to the Syro-Malabar Church,” said Father Antony Vadakkekara, spokes-person of the southern Kerala-headquartered Church. Thattil was “appointed a few days […]