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Latin Catholics to offer special prayers for Sri Lanka

All the Latin rite dioceses in India will organize special prayers to show solidarity with the Church and people of Sri Lanka. “To pledge our closeness and solidarity with the victims of the multiple bomb blasts that took place in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, I would like to propose that we observe coming Sunday, […]

Police guard New Delhi churches after Sri Lanka attacks

Security has been beefed up at churches in Indian capital, New Delhi after a series of suicide bombings killed more than 300 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Armed Police are guarding Sacred Heart Cathedral in the capital and asking churchgoers to pass through metal detectors. They also frisk visitors who enter the 88-year-old […]

Indian Christians pray for Sri Lanka

Hundreds of thousands of Catholics throughout India dedicated on April 28, the feast of Divine Mercy, to pray for neighbouring Sri Lanka that was ravaged by serial blasts. The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, the national body of the Latin Rite Church, had called for observing the feast with various programs to show solidarity […]

Indian theologians to study “whither India”

India’s Catholic theologians on April 25 assembled in Bengaluru to analyze the current situation in the country and evolve relevant responses to help the Church address modern problems. The 42 annual meeting of the Indian Theological Association (ITA) at the National Biblical Catechetical and Liturgical Centre addressed the theme, “Whither India.” “Upholding democratic values and […]

Jharkhnad wants federal probe into Christian foreign funding

Jharkhand State in Eastern India has sought a federal investigation into 31 Christian charity organizations to check for the mishandling of overseas donations. The state government led by the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), suspects organizations have diverted donated funds for unspecified expenses and violated certain rules in submitting their annual reports, media reports said […]

Religion and nationalism mark Indian poll

A report prepared for the United States Congress has stated that India’s unfolding national elections could give rise to a long period of dominance by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Perhaps more crucially, the election pits an unabashedly Hindu nationalist Prime Minister and ruling party against an array of more secular-minded […]

Balasore bishop dies of heart attack

Bishop Simon Kaipuram of Balasore died early morning on April 22 due to massive heart attack. The Vincentian prelate was 65. The funeral was scheduled at 3 pm on April 24, according to Father Prasan Singh, deputy secretary of the Odisha Catholic Bishops’ Council. Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has greeted the Christian community […]

Christians, Muslims protest over cow vigilantes

Five days after a mob of Hindus beat to death a Catholic man for suspected cow slaughter in India’s Jharkhand State, Christian and Muslim activists joined in New Delhi to protest about violence against minorities. A mob attacked Prakash Lakra and three others on April 10 after suspecting them of slaughtering a cow in Jhurmu […]