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German abbess faces possible landmark trial on church asylum

A Benedictine abbess who granted refuge to female asylum-seekers faces trial for refusing to pay a fine, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. It could become a land-mark case by determining whe-ther granting church asylum amounts to the punishable offen-se of “aiding and abetting illegal residents,” as state prosecutors often interpret it. There is […]

Vatican publishes instructions on parish reform and diocesan restructuring

The Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy has published instructions on reforming parishes and restructuring dioceses to better serve their “singular mission of evangeli-zation.” The 24-page document is called “The pastoral conversion of the parish community in the service of the evangelizing mission of the Church” and seeks to “foster a greater co-responsibility and collaboration among all the baptised,” […]

Police remove Hindu Idol from Indian church

Police have removed the idol of a Hindu deity that a group of Hindus forcefully installed inside a Protestant church in India’s Haryana State. Some 100 state police personnel in two buses arrived at the Assembly of God Church in Faridabad town and removed the idol on June 27, a week after its installation. No […]

Youtube channel, ‘Sacred Music’ for liturgical music released

Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of Kerala is opening a YouTube chanel to bring devotional music nearer to liturgical music; through its latest YouTube channel, ‘Sacred Music.’ It’s a new venture of the Sacred Music department of the archdiocese which recently published its first song and got viral. Hundreds of devotional songs are released every year in Malayalam […]

Pope: in an era of divisions, media must build bridges and break down walls

Pope Francis sent a message to this year’s Catholic Media Conference (30 June-2 July), organised by the Catholic Press Association. The event was held via teleconferencing for the first time, centred on the topic ‘Together While Apart.’ In his message, the Pontiff notes that the pandemic is evidence of how essential the media are in […]

Tamil Nadu bishops launch online career guidance for Dalits

Catholic Bishops in Tamil Nadu have started an online program to provide career guidance to Dalit students in the southern Indian State. Although the Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council have conducted many career guidance programs in the past this is the first online career guidance program for Dalit Christians, said Bishop P. Thomas Paulsamy of Dindigul […]

Archbishop, nuns among India’s spiralling Covid-19 cases

A Catholic archbishop and 12 nuns are among thousands of persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 in India in the past days. The nuns work at a church-run hospital in the north-eastern State of Assam. State officials sealed off their hospital and moved them to a government facility for treatment. Retired Archbishop Bernard Moras […]

Covid-19: Mission hospital in Assam sealed, nuns infected

A mission hospital in Assam’s Dibrugarh town was sealed after 12 Catholic nuns, including a doctor, was tested Covid-19 positive. The nuns and a domestic support working in the St Vincenza Gerosa (VG) Hospital were on July 4 found to be infected with the coronavirus. The first to test positive was the superior of the […]