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Dalit Liberation Sunday Observed Across India‍

Dalit Liberation Sunday, observed annually on the second Sunday of November, was celebrated across India on November 9, reaffirming the Church’s commitment to justice and equality for Dalit Christians. Speaking to Catholic Connect News, Fr. Vijay Kumar Nayak, Secretary, CBCI Office for Scheduled C

‘Face of the Faceless’ to Release in Tamil Across Theatres in Tamil Nadu

The acclaimed film ‘Face of the Faceless’, depicting the life of Blessed Rani Maria, will be released in Tamil across 60 theatres in Tamil Nadu on November 21, 22, and 23. Winner of the Best Christian Film Award 2024, the movie narrates the life of Blessed Sister Rani Maria, whose selfless service for the upliftment […]

First Indian Claretian installed as Belthangady bishop

Claretian Father James Patteril, a son of the soil, was consecrated the second bishop of the Belthangady, one of the three Syro-Malabar dioceses in the southern India’s Karnataka state. The Episcopal consecration and the installation ceremony of the first Indian Claretian was held on November 5 at St. Lawrence Cathedral in Belthangady, some 60 km […]

Nuns’ special school helps children, adults with disabilities

Kripalaya Special School, managed by the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, is celebrating 25 years of providing education and life skills to children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities from impoverished families. In 2010, the Kerala state government honoured the school at Pulpally, a town in Wayanad district of Kerala, as […]

Founder of Kerala’s first indigenous women congregation beatified

Mother Eliswa Vakayil, the first Catholic nun in the Kerala Catholic Church history and pioneer of women education in the southern Indian state, was beatified on November 8 at a solemn ceremony in Kochi. Cardinal Sebastian Francis, a Malaysian prelate with Indian roots and representative of Pope Leo XIV, made the formal proclamation during a […]

Catholics plan new pilgrimage route to honour Japan’s ‘hidden Christians’

The Catholic Church in Japan, in collaboration with European religious groups, is set to establish a new pilgrimage route in southern Japan to honour the first Christian missionaries and the “hidden Christians” who preserved their faith despite centuries of persecution. The planned route, called “The Way of the Gospel,” will serve as a spiritual journey […]