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Palm Sunday Of Hope For Manipur Christians

Palm Sunday was celebrated with fervour among displaced Kukis in Manipur, the north-eastern Indian state that has been grappling with serious ethnic violence since last May. In several places, churches were too small to contain everyone, forcing some worshippers to participate in the service outside. “Even in parishes where there are a large number of […]

Church Relieved After Priest, Others Granted Bail In Uttar Pradesh

A Catholic bishop in Uttar Pradesh state on March 12 expressed relief after a court granted bail to a Catholic and 10 Protestants. “Finally, I am able to give you good news. The District Judge [in Barabanki] has granted bail to Father Dominic [Pinto] and all those who were arrested with him. Praise the Lord,” […]

Pauline Nuns Spread Lenten Message Through Mary’s Eyes

The Daughters of St Paul on March 22 concluded their 36-day program of spreading the message of Lent through Mother Mary’s perspective. “During lent we wanted to communicate the love of Jesus. Nothing else can demonstrate God’s love more powerfully than the cross where Jesus revealed the love of God. So, we decided to enact […]

New Ranchi Archbishop Installed

More than 10,000 people turned up for the installation of the seventh archbishop of Ranchi, the mother diocese of India’s tribal Church. Jesuit Archbishop Felix Toppo, who retired as the Ranchi archbishop, on March 19 installed Archbishop Vincent Aind in the presence of Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli and Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta.

Mangaluru’s St. Aloysius Deemed University Gets First Vice Chancellor

Jesuit Father Praveen Martis has been appointed the first vice chan-cellor of the newly created St. Aloy-sius Deemed University in Mangalu-ru. This was announced on March 19 by Jesuit Karnataka provincial Father Dionysius Vaz, the university chancellor, in the southwestern India city. Fr. Martis is a former principal of St. Aloysius College (Autono-mous).

Jesuit water-diviner’s service to Maharashtra villagers recalled

The Lithuanian Embassy in New Delhi on March 22 organized a fun-ction to recall the services of a Jesuit priest who worked more than six de-cades among the poor in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Jesuit Father Donatas Slapsys, born in Lithuania in 1921, came to India in 1950 and served the people of […]

Catholic Nuns In India Devise Five-year Strategic Plan

The Conference of Religious Women, India (CRWI), has released its strategic plan for 2024-2029 with a stress on networking and partnerships. Sister Jane Wakahiu, head of Catholic Sisters Initiative under Hilton Foundation, released the document at Bengaluru on March 19 in the presence of Apostolic Carmel Sister Maria Nirmalini, head of India’s more than 130,000 […]

Indian Bishop Calls Out Fake News About ‘Reconversions’

A Catholic bishop has refuted a media report about indigenous Christians in his northeast Indian diocese reverting to their indigen-ous faith. “It appears to be a ploy to sensationalize religious con-version and target Christians,” said Bishop Paul Mattekatt of Diphu diocese in Assam state. The news of about 150 men and women participating in “rituals […]