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Indian Bishops welcome Andhra’s bill to accord Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians

The Catholic Bishops’ Con-ference of India (CBCI) Office for Scheduled Caste/BC (Dalits and Backward Classes) has welcomed the Andhra Pradesh’s bill to accord Scheduled Caste (SC) status to Dalit Christians. Already some of the states have passed the same resolution in their assemblies. The resent one was by the Pondicherry assembly. Already the United Andhra […]

Indian reappointed as Divine Word Society’s province in Europe

An Indian has been reappointed the provincial of the Divine Word Society’s the Netherlands-Belgium Province (NEB). Father Avin Kunnekkaden was the first non-European to head the province when he was elected first time in 2016. His second term will last from May 1 this year to April 30, 2023. Father Kunnekkaden was born in 1960 […]

Indian court rules change of religion doesn’t alter tribal status

The high court in India’s Chhattisgarh State has ruled that the tribal status of a person will not alter if they change their religion to Christianity, stressing they can still enjoy state concessions aimed at improving the life of indigenous people. The ruling was handed down as the court dismissed an election petition against Amit […]

Pope wants bishops conferences to take responsibility for sexual abuse issue

Pope wants bishops to take responsibility for abuse scandal — Pope Francis called the bishops of Chile to the Vatican to “examine the causes and consequences” of the clerical sexual abuse scandal and acknowledge personal responsibility and “the mechanisms that in some cases led to a cover up and serious omissions regarding the victims,” the […]

Pope praises girl who zipped by security to give him letter

Pope Francis has praised the courage of a young girl who broke through police barricades in Abu Dhabi to hand-deliver a letter to him. Francis was being driven around the city’s sports stadium in his Pope mobile before Mass when the child dashed from the crowd so quickly that police couldn’t catch her. “This child […]

Geneva to ban religious symbols on public employees

Geneva residents on February 10 voted for a controversial new “secularism law,” which will among other things ban elected officials and public employees from wearing visible religious symbols. More than 55% voters in the Swiss canton backed the law, final results showed, despite warnings that it could lead to discrimination, particularly against Muslim women. Some […]

Chaldean patriarch: reforming rites and traditions to meet to the challenges of modernity

The Chaldean Patriarch, Card Louis Raphael Sako, issued a pastoral letter on the “originality and authenticity” of the “renewal” of the Chaldean Church, which was sent to AsiaNews for wider circulation. In it, the prelate notes that the Church must “give answers” to the questions and challenges of modernity, the passage of time and prepare for those […]

Orban Encourages Mothers in Hungary to Have 4 or More Babies

Faced with a plummeting population, rising labour shortages and widespread emigration, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary has long taken an unconventional approach to increasing the size and productivity of Hungary’s work force. He offered university scholarships only to those who promised to stay in Hungary. He gave citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living beyond the […]