From The States

Nagpur’s St Charles Seminary gets new rector

St Charles Major Seminary that began in the central Indian city of Nagpur with one student and a teacher in a bullock cart 169 years ago has a new rector. Dominican Father Aquin Noronha, a former missionary to South Africa, has been elected to lead the seminary that currently trains priests for 42 dioceses in […]

Asian bishops’ former communication secretary dies

Divine World Father Franz Josef Eilers, former executive secretary of the social communication office of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), died on January 13 in Manila, capital of the Philippines. The German missionary to Asia was 89. The death occurred at 2:40 pm local time (12:10 pm India), according to a press note […]

Catholic legislator reprimanded for insulting Indian nun

Kerala Legislative Assembly has reprimanded a Catholic legislator for insulting a Catholic nun after she accused a bishop of raping her. Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan read out a statement on Jan. 22 saying P.C. George acted against a house member’s dignity in his criticism of the nun. George’s criticism and comments “violated the house members’ code […]

Pakistani Christian charged with blasphemy over Facebook post

A 25-year-old Pakistani Christian was arrested and charged with violating the country’s blasphemy laws after sharing a social media post critical of Islam in December. Pastor Raja Warris, a Christian pastor, was charged for posting on Facebook on Dec. 22 a message that reportedly hurt the religious sentiments of his Muslim neighbours. On Dec. 26, […]

Advocate for India’s domestic workers

Sister Christin Mary is a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Im-maculate Heart of Mary, also known as ICM Sisters. Based in the western Indian city of Mumbai, Mary coordinates the National Domestic Workers’ Movement, which has been championing the rights of domestic workers, children in domestic work, and migrant domestic workers since 1985. […]

56 new Carmelite priests celebrate Mass at founder’s tomb

As many as 56 newly ordained priests of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Congregation (CMI) on January 4 celebrated thanksgiving Mass at St Joseph’s Monastery Church in Mannanam in Kerala’s Kottayam district where their founder’s remains are kept. Father Mathew Chandrankunnel, a member of the congregation and a professor of theology, said the young men […]

Lockdown deepened faith, Christin life: Dumka SCCs

The Small Christian Community (SCCs) members from Dumka diocese in Jharkhand shared unanimously that their faith in Christ was deepened during the lockdown. Representatives from two parishes of 13 SCC units of St Joseph’s Parish, Guhiajori village, about 10 km from Dumka town and Sacred Hear Parish in Dumka shared their experience of Christian life […]

Christ University student helps rescue 4 from sea

An 18-year-old student of Bengaluru’s Christ University used his drone to save four fishermen who floated in the sea for hours after their boat capsized. Devang Subil, a student Bachelor of Technology, had come to his home in Kerala after the corona-virus forced closure of his college.

Indian bishops slam terror attack on tourists in India’s Kashmir

No action taken against police who assaulted Catholic priests in India