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100,000 attend Archbishop Jala’s state funeral

Nearly 100,000 people from across north-eastern India, particularly Meghalaya State, attended the state funeral of Archbishop Dominic Jala in Shillong. Archbishop John Moolachria of Guwahati, president of the North East India Bishops Council, led the Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christian, Laitumkhrah, down-town Shillong. He was assisted by 15 archbishops and bishops […]

Crusader nun rescues two teenage girls from traffickers

An anti-trafficking crusader nun in Chhattisgarh has done it again. She has rescued two more teenage girls from the central Indian state who were sold to brothels in Pune and Goa. The girls, aged 19 and 16, are siblings of a Bhil tribal family in the Kerasa village of Surguja district. Traffickers exploit the tribe’s […]

Youth awarded at ICYM event at Medchal

The second national youth conference, 2019, hosted by the archdiocese of Hyderabad, organised by the Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) at the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) concluded. With over 450 people, from 70 dioceses, showcasing 14 regional cultures from all over India, the five-day conference which commenced on October 13th, was an exceptional […]

Church should redeem flock, not chase miracles

The Vatican’s strategy to make up for shrinking numbers of the faithful in the traditional catchments of Europe and the West has energized the Catholic Church in India. However, the process of canonization, mandating two miracles, has nevertheless led to a controversy over the archaic practice, centered on medical as well as theological grounds. On […]

Reading Bible may become mandatory in Philippine schools

A Philippine legislator has filed a bill in Congress to make the reading of the Bible mandatory in the country’s public schools. House Minority Leader Bienvenido Abante Jr., a pastor of the Metropolitan Bible Baptist Church and Ministries, noted that Filipinos seem not to have truly appreciated the “relevance, importance and power” of the Bible. […]

Lahore archbishop urges Pakistan, India to dialogue for peace

A Catholic bishop of Pakistan has expressed concern over the confrontation between Pakistan and India over the disputed region of Kashmir and wishes the leaders of both the nuclear-armed nations take on the path of dialogue to save humanity. “Atomic weapons will never be needed or used if world leaders remain firm in their commitment […]

Philippines to host world’s tallest Marian statue

The tallest statue of the Virgin Mary in the world is about to be ready in the Philippines. Almost 100 meters (315 feet) high, the statue is expected to be ready in 2021, in time for the 500th anniversary of Christianity’s arrival in the Philippines The Marian monument-sculpture-shrine of The Mother of All Asia, also […]

Redemptorists in Vietnam mark mission’s 50 years

Redemptorist missionaries have improved the religious and material lives of tens of thousands of ethnic groups in Vietnam’s Central Highlands despite challenges and sufferings for half a century. Thousands of Catholics from the ethnic Jarai, Bahnar and Kinh majority groups attended special ceremonies on Oct. 14-16 to commemorate the start of the Redemptorist mission in Gia Lai […]