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Bp Kollamparampil appointed Shamshabad administrator

Syro-Malabar Church Major Ar-chbishop Raphael Thattil on January 13 appointed Bi-shop Joseph Kollamparampil as the administrator of Shamshabad diocese, a seat he vacated on being elected the head of the Oriental Rite.

Pope appoints six new bishops in India

Francis on January 13 appointed bishops for five dioceses and an auxiliary for one in four states of India. Four of the bishops-elect are natives of Tamil Nadu that celebrated Pongal, its harvest festival, on the day. The announcement came a day ahead of the feast of Saint Devasahayam Pillai, the first native saint of […]

Catholic nuns get trained to seek redressal of grievances

The Conference of Religious Women India has trained 46 nuns to create awareness about the grievance redressal cell among its members in northern India. The Jan 19-21 Training of Trainers program was attended by participants from Andamans, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, North East, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. The training at […]

Threat to controversial Indian ex-bishop’s life alleged

A police case has been re-gistered against a retired Indian archbishop and six priests for posing a threat to the life of a bishop who quit this month. Police in southern Karnataka state have launched a probe against retired Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal and six diocesan priests based on a complaint by the younger […]

Girls’ band of Salesian school in Tripura makes history

The chief minister and oth-ers in Tripura have applauded a Salesian school in a village in the northeastern Indian state after its girls’ band, formed less than a year ago, made history at national level. The Girls Brass Band of St Xavier’s Pathaliaghat clinched third place at the National School Band Competition held in New […]

Indian court wades into inter-faith marriage issue

Religious conversion for marriage must be done only after fully knowing the rituals and customs of the chosen faith, an Indian court has said amid controversies surrounding inter-faith marriages in the South Asian nation. People who convert to marry should be fully aware of “the consequences of such actions,” A.C Michael, a former member of […]

Tribal Christians under pressure to renounce faith in Indian state

A Catholic archbishop in the central Indian Chhattisgarh state has urged his Catholics to remain united in their faith amid claims by a Hindu group of having converted about 250 Christian families to the Hindu religion. Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur of Raipur told UCA News on Jan 29 that “it is time we should be united and […]

Mangaluru’s renowned psychologist awarded Person of Year title

Suman Pinto, an addiction counsellor with nearly three decades of service, was awarded the “Person of the Year, 2023” by the Link Association. The association, a pioneering group in addiction recovery services in coastal Karnataka, has instituted the award in collaboration with Ecolink Institute of Well-being, global trainers of addiction professionals. The award was given […]