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Bangladesh’s Armenian church has lone Hindu worshiper

With no priest to minister and no faithful to pray, Dhaka’s Armenian church has one last parishioner: a Hindu caretaker. Shankar Ghosh makes the sign of the cross before opening the entrance of the striking white and yellow edifice, built 240 years ago in the capital Dhaka. Back then, the city was home to hundreds […]

Capuchins help religious congregations reinvent in post-Covid era

A Capuchin holistic welfare centre in Tamil Nadu, southern India, plans to organize another round of online program to help reinvent religious leadership in the post-Covid era. The June 28-30 webinar aims to help leaders of religious congregations and their collaborators, says “Thalir” (bud) director Capuchin Father Nithya Sagayam, who was earlier the executive secretary […]

Priest’s “last will” inspires bishop, colleagues

A Catholic priest in Kerala, southern India, has inspired his bishop and other clerics through his “funeral will.” Father James Kumbukal has left a lasting mark through his funeral will, said Bishop Jose Porunnedom of Mananthavady mourning the death of his 78-year-old priest. “I wish to get a very simple burial,” read the will in […]

Covid aid restores society’s faith in Church

The Church’s vital role in providing emergency help for those hit by Covid-19 is rebuilding community relations in India where Christians have been demonised by far-right politicians. Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that, despite polarising rhetoric by politicians trying to divide citizens along religious lines, the pandemic […]

Dalit Christian dies in police custody in India

A Dalit Christian woman in the southern Indian state of Telangana has died in custody after allegedly being tortured by police. Maid Ambadipudi Mariyamma of Yadadri-Bhongir district was booked along with her minor son Udaykiran on June 17 by Addagudur police after a complaint of theft by her employers, according to media reports. Her relatives […]

AP state produces first Bollywood singing sensation

Anong Singpho had never imagined that his singing videos on social media would one day make him the first Bollywood star from Arunachal Pradesh. The 27-year-old, who performs regularly at functions at Miao’s Government Higher Secondary School, used social media platforms to showcase his singing talents. One such video caught the attention of Zee Music […]

Vellore hospital confirms Covid vaccine efficacy

Vaccines are working well against the Indian (delta) variant of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a study on healthcare staff working at the Christian Medical College in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore town. By April 30, at the height of the second wave of the pandemic in India, about 84.8 percent of the […]

Churches opt for portable crematoriums in Kerala

The pandemic has created a demand for portable crematoriums in Kerala with many churches relying on it as an alternative to burying those who succumbed to Covid-19. Covid victims’ families and relatives see portable crematoriums as a viable solution as the units can be used either inside the cemetery of churches or even outside. “It […]