Bishop F. Antonisamy of Kumbakonam has declared Capuchin Father John Peter Savarinayagam of Tamil Nadu as a ‘Servant of God’ at Amalashram, Trichy. The prelate on December 3 opened the diocesan process for Father Peter’s beatification and canonization. The bishop, the vice-postulator of this cause, and the members of the diocesan inquiry took the oath of secrecy. Around 5.000 Catholics from different parts of Tamil Nadu attended the program. Capuchin Father A Thainis, the vice-postulator, organized the event. Devasahayam Pillai, a lay martyr, is the first Catholic from Tamil Nadu to be beatified.
Justice Bhuyan Calls for Protection of Dissent and Personal Liberty
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has expressed concern over the growing trend of treating peaceful dissent and ordinary actions as criminal offences. Speaking at a
