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Burial denial: Fact-finding team exposes rights violation in Odisha‍

A joint fact-finding team has uncovered widespread human rights violations against Dalit and Adivasi Christians in the Nabarangpur district of Odisha state in eastern India. The team, comprising the members of the Odisha Lawyers Forum and activists, visited the region April 26 and 27 and documented

Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil warns against empty pews in future

Archbishop Thomas Menam-parambil has urged Indian Church authorities to be more attentive to the diverse voices within and the needs of the new generation, while cautioning against a gradual decline in faith among Catholics in the country. Archbishop Tho-mas Menamparampil of Guwa-hati, in the northeastern state of Assam, warned Church authorities on May 10 about […]

India is known to Pope Leo, Augustinians say

Pope Leo XIV is familiar with India, having visited the country twice and spent nearly a fortnight as prior general of the Order of St. Augustine, according to an Augustinian priest in India. Augustinian Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected pope and took the name Pope Leo XIV, visited several places in the southern […]

India finally sees its invisible social walls

On April 30, the Indian government announced a decision that will reverberate through the nation’s social fabric for genera-tions: the upcoming national census will include comprehensive caste data for the first time since 1931. This watershed policy shift, declared by Federal Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, promises to reshape how India understands and addresses its most […]

Japanese Cardinal: Pope Leo XIV brings missionary zeal and Vatican wisdom to papacy

Japanese Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo says Pope Leo XIV’s previous work as a mi-ssionary and as a Vatican official were important reasons he will make a good pontiff. Speaking to the Catholic Herald, the cardinal gave his reflections on the election of American Cardinal Robert Francis Pre-vost, a member of the Augusti-nian order, to […]

Indonesia’s Papuans pin their hope on new pope

People in Indonesia’s Chri-stian-majority, strife-torn Papua expressed hope that newly elected Pope Leo XIV, who visited the region twenty years ago, will pay attention to their ongoing plight and challenges. The optimism sparked after Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected the successor of late Pope Francis in the Vatican on May 8, becoming the first […]