Father Gregory Pereira, a priest of Mangalore diocese in southern India, is called different names in parishes he has served. In Bantwal, he was “Papaya Father,” and in Narampady, “Kumbalakai Father.” In Talapady where he now serves, he is “Dragon Father.” The...
Mithra G Augustine, a former pri-ncipal of Madras Christian College and director of the Ecumenical Chri-stian Centre, has died in Chennai. He was 95. The death occurred in the early hours of February 18 at a Chennai hospital. Mithra was born on June 25, 1930, at...
Montfort Brother Varghese Theckanath is on a journey to make the voice of the voice-less heard in the main stream socie-ty. “Many interest-ing things happen among them, but only when a misfortune happens, their stories are reported,” bemoans Brother Theckanath, a...
In what is billed as a first in history, India’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal seeking to end discrimination against socially poor Dalit Catholics in a parish in southern India. The case came to the nation’s top court after the High Court of the Tamil...
Police have arrested nine Christians in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for holding Sunday prayer meetings, which Hindu groups alleged were meant to convert local Hindus. The arrests were made in identical cases reported from two places on Feb. 23. Five...
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