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Malankara’s Bethany nuns give hope to disabled, abandoned women

A woman with an intellectual disability, known only as Sangeetha, was abused by a group of lorry drivers and abandoned at Nelyady, a town in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Some Catholic nuns noticed Sangeetha roaming the town and brought her to their convent. Sangeetha prompted the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ, also […]

Goa High Court Quashes FIR Against Christian Pastor Accused of Forced Conversion

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on September 23 dismissed a 2022 FIR against Pastor Dominic D’Souza and his wife, Joan D’Souza, founders of the Five Pillars Church in Siolim, Goa. The case, which alleged that the couple had coerced two individuals into converting to Christianity, was dropped after the additional public prosecutor […]

Archbishop John Moolachira Unveils Communio Sunday 2025 Poster

Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati officially unveiled the poster for Communio Sunday 2025 at the Archbishop’s House, Guwahati. This year, Communio Sunday will be observed across India on 30 November 2025, the first Sunday of Advent. In his message, Archbishop John Moolachira underlined the heart of the Church’s vocation: “Mission is the very life and […]

Calcutta archbishop retires; to assist parish

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Thomas D’Souza from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, effective September 20. With this, Coadjutor Archbishop Elias Frank has automatically succeeded him as the tenth archbishop of the archdiocese, based in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal state. He is the sixth Indian […]

Pope prays for victims of typhoon in Asia

Towards the end of the Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists, and before reciting the noonday Angelus prayer on 28 September, Pope Leo addressed the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square. His thoughts turned in particular to Asia, where, he said, “a very powerful typhoon” has struck several regions, “in particular the Philippines, the island […]

Asian Bishops gather to deepen synodality ahead of 2026 FABC Plenary in Bali

The FABC Bishops Seminar on Synodality, held at Baan Phuwan, opened with Mass on September 23 presided over by Archbishop Anthony Weradet Chaiseri, vice president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand, ahead of the 2026 Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) Plenary Assembly in Bali. “The purpose was to study and understand the Final […]

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem forgives school debt of all diocesan families

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has decided to forgive the school debts of all families in the diocese for the school years prior to the Jubilee of Hope as a gesture “to promote and demand justice, equity, and, above all, solidarity.” The patriarchate is the Latin-rite Catholic diocese based in Jerusalem, reestablished in 1847 by […]

Chinese government bans Catholic priests from teaching, evangelizing online

New regulations from the State Administration for Religious Affairs in China have enacted a ban on several major forms of online evangelization for religious clergy of all religions, including Catholic priests. The new Code of Conduct for Religious Clergy on the Internet comprises 18 articles. Among stipulations that religious clergy must “love the motherland” and support Chinese […]