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President ends recognition of Chaldean patriarch, putting Christian assets at risk

After experiencing violence and persecution in the recent past, new clouds are gathering over the future of Christians in Iraq, and now threaten the highest Christian authority in the land, the Chaldean Patriarch, Card Louis Raphael Sako. Recently, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid issued a decree ending the “institutional recognition” of the office the cardinal […]

First Indian elected to lead Maria Bambina sisters

Sister Venita Fernandes has become the first Indian to head the Sisters of Charity of the Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa, an international Catholic religious congregation based in Italy. Sister Fernandes, a native of Balli-Fatorpa in the western Indian state of Goa, was elected at the congregation’s 28th general chapter that was held May […]

Radio Salesian bags national award with industry and social Leaders

First community radio of Darjeeling bagged National Award for Entertainment and Development Excellence along with awards for Industry giants. On receiving the award, Director of Salesian Radio 90.8 FM, Father C. M. Paul, said, “This award has come to us solely due to the sincere efforts of Radio Salesian RJs, both past and present. Cheers […]

Malaysian prelate with Indian roots named cardinal

Although no Indian is among the 21 new cardinals named by Pope Francis on July 9, the country has a link with one of two Asians. Bishop Sebastian Francis Mechery of Penang is the new cardinal from Malaysia. The other Asian is Jesuit Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan of Hong Kong. Bishop Mechery was born on […]

New bishop appointed for Meghalaya’s Jowai diocese

Pope Francis on July 8 appointed Father Ferdinand Dkhar, as the bishop of Jowai in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya. The 59-year-old bishop elect is currently the administrator of the diocese of Jowai. Bishop elect Dkhar was born February 26, 1962, in Longkaluh, a parish under the diocese.

Mob assaults principal for “Christian prayer” in Pune school calendar

A mob has attacked the principal of a private high school in the western Indian city of Pune. The incident took place on July 4 when a group of parents, accompanied by the members Bajrang Dal, assaulted the principal of the D Y Patil High School for allegedly singing a school prayer with the phrase […]

Next door saint of marginalized, disadvantaged

We meet many people in our day-to-day lives, known and unknown. But many do not realize the goodness of the people we come across. They may be saints who are making changes in the lives and others. In the fast-moving world, people have no time to sit and talk with others; they have shut their […]

Commission for new martyrs revives Odisha Christians’ hope

Christians in the eastern Indian state of Odisha seem elated that Pope Francis has created a commission for new martyrs. They hope the new commission would address their demand that the Church recognize as martyrs their people killed during the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Odisha’s Kandhamal district. “The Vatican move is a welcome step in […]