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Violence mars Christmas celebrations in India

Christmas celebrations were disrupted by violent incidents across India. Reports of attacks on Christians have come from Manipur in northeastern India, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in the north, and Kerala, south. The violence was allegedly carried out by rightwing Hindu groups, or Sangh Parivar organizations, such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) […]

Fresh hope for settling dispute in Indian Orthodox Church

An order from India’s top court has rekindled hope for settling a property dispute between two warring factions of the Oriental Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, which is based in southern Kerala state. The Supreme Court, in its Dec. 21 order, told the Kerala state government to assess the facts while maintaining the “status quo […]

Seven Christians arrested for conversion in India

Seven Christians, including two pastors, have applied for bail in a court in a northern Indian state after they were arrested, accused of violating a sweeping anti-conversion law. “We applied for their bail at a local court in Sitapur in nor-thern Uttar Pradesh on Dec. 16,” said an activist extending legal help to the arrested […]

Cardinal Poola celebrates Christmas with transgender community

Cardinal Anthony Poola has joined the transgender community of Hyderabad, a southern Indian city, to cele-brate Christmas that many say has sent a message of inclusivity and Christian love for the margi-nalized. “True Christmas lies in embracing the poor and ne-glected, offering them accep-tance and dignity,” said Cardi-nal Poola, the Archbishop of Hyderabad and a […]

Priest runs restaurant with a mission in India’s Goa

British national Carl Cox was surprised to know St. Joseph Vaz Canteen, where he had just had some snacks and tea in old Goa, was run by a Catholic diocesan priest. “The snacks are delicious, and I was taken aback to find that a Catholic priest was running it,” the 32-year-old scientist working at a […]

Wave of attacks during Christmas season worries Odisha Christians

A wave of violence against Christians in Odisha, eastern India, has raised alarm over citizens’ religious freedom guaranteed by the country’s Constitution. The latest incident occurred on December 26 in the Gabardhanpur village of Balasore district, where the members of the New Life Church were attacked while celebrating Christmas with a local family. According to […]

Research Patent Granted to Prof. Sanjose A Thomas

Prof. Sanjose A. Thomas, Head of the Department of Sociology at Theva-ra S.H. College, has been awarded a pa-tent for his research titled “How to Transform Emotiona-lity in Social Media for the Benefit of Society.” The Department of So-cial Sciences at Sacred Heart College is spearheading this innovative study. By utilizing new technologies, the research […]

Radio Salesian marks 9th birthday with listeners

The first college based community radio of Darjeeling Hills marked its 9th birthday with its listeners from a remote tea garden village. Operating from Salesian College Autonomous Sonada, Radio Salesian is a venture of Kolkata Salesians with its claim to be the only Community Radio of South Asia Salesians. “Radio Salesian 90.8 FM celebrated its […]