The Don Bosco Development Society (DBDOC), the social service arm of the Salesian Province of Calcutta, has reached a significant milestone, handing over the keys to its 500th low-cost house for slum dwellers in Kapali Bagan, Tengra, Kolkata. In a heart-warming...
A Catholic nun-principal of a nursing college in the central Indian Chhattisgarh state has denied as “false and baseless” the charges of trying to convert a female student. Police on April 6 registered a case of “attempted forced conversion” against Sister Bincy...
In a historic decision, Pope Francis has elevated the Diocese of Calicut to a Metropolitan Arch-diocese on 12 April 2025, also names Bishop Varghese Chakka-lakal (72) as the first Metropolitan Archbishop of Calicut. The dio-ceses of Kannur and Sultanpet will serve as...
The Bangladesh government has allowed a Catholic-run de-addiction centre to use its training programs and therapy to help inmates addicted to drugs in the country’s largest prison. Holy Cross Brother Francis Nirmal Gomes, director of the Church-run Bangladesh...
Nearly 70 million Filipinos will head to the polls on 12 May, 2025, to vote in midterm elections, electing lawmakers and representatives for local governments with over 18,000 candidates vying for legislative, local, and regional posts. As the Philippines head for...
