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1,100 rally to mark Easter in Kolkata

Pastors, priests, heads of schools and parishioners from various parts of Kolkata participated in an Easter Rally that was organized on April 4 evening. The rally with 1,100-odd participants started from Bishop’s College and culminated with a thanksgiving worship service on the grounds of St James’ School. The rally included participants from Catholic, Church of […]

Fr Alengaden’s book released

A book written by Father Varghese Alengaden on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his priestly ordination was released at a function March 31 at Indore. Renowned journalist Shravan Garg, who released “Ho Jayega” (It will be done), described the book as “an attitude that helps a person to overcome crises in life.” He […]

Accident kills priest going for Good Friday service

A Catholic priest going to conduct Good Friday service in a mission centre in the diocese of Ujjain on April 2 was killed in a road accident. Father John Nadunilam was going from Jamner town to Kalapipal village, some 10 km northeast, in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh, central India. The death occurred when his […]

Catholic media persons mourn death of Jesuit author

Catholic media persons in India on April 10 mourned the death of Jesuit    Fr Varghese Paul, a prolific Gujarati writer who started a news agency for South Asia in early 1980s. He was 77. Father Paul, a member of the Gujarat Jesuit province, died at 7:30 am on April 10 at GMERS (Gujarat Medical […]

46 students of Jesuit business school test Covid positive

As many as 46 students of XLRI’s Jamshedpur campus have tested positive for Covid-19. The students who tested positive have been isolated and quarantined within the campus and kept under observation by the resident doctor.

Catholic priest wins Pride of Gujarat Award

A Catholic priest on April 7 received the Pride of Gujarat Award from the state chief minister Nitin Patel. Father Jomon Thommana is currently the director of Christ Campus in Rajkot, a major city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. He was the founder director of Christ Educational Foundation and director of Rajkot’s Christ […]

Christian nurses saved from mob after blasphemy claim in Pakistan

Two Christian nurses were rescued by police-men from an enraged mob after being accused of blasphemy by their hospital’s staff in Pakistan. Staff nurse Mariam Lal and student nurse Newish Urooj were detained by police after a first information report (FIR) under section 295-B of the blasphemy law was made by Dr. Mirza Muhammad Ali […]

St. Teresa of Kolkata church blessed at Dumdum

A church dedicated to Saint Teresa of Calcutta was blessed on April 10 at the outskirts of north Kolkata amid pandemic restrictions. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta, who blessed the church, expressed his joy at the completion of the church building. Vicar general Father Dominic Gomes and Father Anthony Rodricks, dean of North 24 Parganas […]