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India’s first Dalit cardinal opens path for egalitarian Church

On Aug. 27, Pope Francis  created  21 new cardinals at a consistory at the Vatican. The new cardinals include the first Indian cardinal from the socially poor Dalit community–Abp Anthony Poola of Hyderabad. His appointment is seen as historical as it recognizes the Dalit Christian community, which continues to suffer caste discrimination within the Catholic […]

Catholic leaders vow to step Indian port protest

The protest by Catholic fishing communities seeking compensation from a multi-billion-dollar port project has entered its second month with their arch-bishop threatening to move his “stay and prayer” action to the protest venue in southern India. “My stay and prayer will be moved to the protest venue from the archbishop’s house if required,” Archbishop Thomas […]

Film about Mother Teresa to hit theaters in October

A film presenting the life of St. Teresa of Calcutta, commonly referred to as Mother Teresa, will be premiering in theaters for two days in October. In theaters Oct. 3-4, “Mother Teresa: No Greater Love” is airing in more than 960 locations across the United States. The film was produced by the Knights of Columbus, […]

Syro-Malabar Church appoints three auxiliary bishops

The Syro-Malabar Church on August 25 announced the appointment of three auxiliary bishops for the larger of the two Oriental Catholic rites in India. It also accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Jacob Muricken of Palai, who wants to lead an ascetic life. Cardinal George Alencherry, who heads the Church as its Major Archbishop, appoint-ed […]

Japan’s blind probe against Unification Church must stop

Support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government in Japan has dropped to its lowest level since his election amid a quest to investigate lawmakers suspected of entertaining “connections” to the Unification Church. Kishida’s support has fallen to 36% from 52% a month ago, according to a survey. As much as 87% of the survey participants […]

China’s Catholic leaders vow to accelerate sinicization

Two state-sponsored Church bodies in China have elected new leaders during a five-yearly national conference who promised to invigorate the Catholic faithful pastorally in line with the socialist principles of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The three-day 10th National Congress of Catholicism in China ended in Wuhan, the capital of Hebei province in central China, […]

Cardinal Bo opens FABC jubilee, speaks of Asian church at crossroads

The Catholic Church in Asia stands at the crossroads of history amid poverty, climate change, political conflicts, disagreements and economic collapse, said a leading Asian church leader. Cardinal Charles Bo of Myanmar, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, made the comments during his address at the opening of the federation’s golden jubilee celebrations […]

Papal nuncio hailed for empowering Bangladeshi Church

Catholics in Bangladesh have thanked the outgoing apostolic nuncio, Archbishop George Kocherry, for empowering the local Church and strengthening Church-state ties during his nearly ten years in the country. “Today, all Catholic bishops express our heartfelt gratitude to you for your presence, accompaniment, and dedicated service. You are an experienced diplomat and pastor who built […]