Singapore priest stabbed while celebrating Mass

Singapore priest stabbed while celebrating Mass

The parish priest of St Joseph’s Church in Upper Bukit Timah, Singapore, was stabb-ed during Mass on Saturday evening, re-ported Channel News Asia. Father Christo-pher Lee, 57, whose stabbing occured dur-ing Communion, was taken to Singapore’s National University...
Indian court ends tax exemption for Catholic priests, nuns

Indian court ends tax exemption for Catholic priests, nuns

India’s top court has ended a British-era practice of exempting Catholic priests, brothers, and nuns working in government-funded education institutions from paying taxes on their salaries. The Nov. 7 order of the three-judge bench of Chief Justice D. Y. Chandrachud,...
Extension to Indian panel on Dalit Christian quotas hailed

Extension to Indian panel on Dalit Christian quotas hailed

An Indian church leader has hailed the one-year extension gi-ven to the Justice K G Balakri-shnan commission to study whether socially poor Christians and Muslims are eligible for the nation’s affirmative action policy. “We welcome the extension gi-ven to the panel as...
Indian businessman Ratan Tata given Mother Teresa award

Indian businessman Ratan Tata given Mother Teresa award

An India-based voluntary agency has conferred its Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice on the late Indian business leader Ratan Tata for ‘his role beyond business’ and 11 others. “Ratan Tata has left a lasting legacy of service and social responsibility...