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Abp Kalathiparambil appointed member of Vatican congregation

Pope Francis has appointed Arch-bishop Joseph Kalathiparambil of Verapoly as a member of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples for five years. This is the second time the 68-year-old Indian prelate joins the congregation. Earlier, he had served the commission for five years from 2011, says a press note from the Conference of Catholic […]

Bishop Lyngdoh promoted as Shillong archbishop

Pope Francis on December 28 promoted Bishop Victor Lyngdoh of Jowai as the archbishop of Shillong in the northeastern State of Meghalaya. The appointment was made public at noon in Rome, corresponding to 4:30 pm in India. Shillong archdiocese, the mother diocese of the Catholic Church in north-eastern India, was without a leader after the […]

BJP increases seats in Kerala local body elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to make slow but steady inroads into Kerala, an unassailable bastion for the saffron party so far, results of the recently held local body elections indicate. Although the BJP failed to perform as expected in the Kerala civic elect-ions, it has significantly improved its 2015 tally, reports the Times […]

Why is India denying prisoners spectacles and straws?

But in recent weeks, jail authorities in India have been called out for being especially cruel to prisoners, particularly the govern-ment’s critics who are described as “human rights defenders” by international rights groups. Earlier this month, the Bombay High Court reminded officials of Mumbai’s Taloja jail that they needed to show some “humanity” while dealing […]

PM to help sort out Kerala church issues

With differences between Orthodox and Jacobite factions in widening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will talk to both groups to find a lasting solution to some issues, said Mizoram Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai. The governor, also hailing from Kerala, said he had briefed the Prime Minister about all issues and sought his intervention to help […]

Dalit Christians hold protest march in southern India

Dalit Christians in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have held a protest in march against discrimination faced by Dalits in 45 Catholic parishes of Pondicherry-Cuddalore Arch diocese. Protesters submitted a memorandum to parish priests on Dec. 20 and requested them to forward it to Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, India’s apostolic nuncio. “The memorandum contains Dalit Christians’ long-standing common […]

Meat issue: Goa Church writes to chief minister

The Church in Goa has urged the state chief minister to urgently intervene to resolve meat shortage that has severely affected people’s protein intake and tourism industry. The Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP) wrote to Pramod Sawant that the western Indian state started experiencing the shortage after neighboring Karnataka State passed a bill […]

YOUCAT India gets new national director

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India has appointed Maria Francis from the Archdiocese of Bangalore as the new national director of YOUCAT India. She will coordinate the ministries of the Youcat India Missionary Movement and will guide its members in India. Youcat, short for Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, also styled as YOUCAT, […]