Pope To Syro-malabar Faithful: Unity Is A Duty
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15,000 Attend Berhampur Diocese’s Golden Jubilee
Logos and mottos for pope’s visit to asia released
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Benoit Thun, The Missionary Who Brought The Cistercians To Vietnam To Be Raised To The Honours Of The Altars
Pope To Anglican Bishops: ‘Patient Dialogue’ Needed On Papal Primacy
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby endorses Rome call for AI ethics
Auschwitz martyr may be declared a doctor of the church
Fears of India evolving into a Hindu theocratic nation loom large as the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeks a second term by placating Hindu sentiment ahead of the April-May parliamentary election. Secular and liberal political groups say the poll will be crucial in forging the future identity of the country, which defined itself as […]
The Federation of Telugu Churches has urged Christians in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to vote for candidates who promote India’s secular and pluralistic character and foster communal harmony and peace. Vote for those “who strive for social justice and equality of the marginalized like the Adivasis/Tribals and Dalits, especially for equal status for the Dalit […]
Bimal Das is no more a street child, nor is he Christian. But the 30-year-old stood inside a New Delhi church and wept as he joined funeral prayers for Salesian Father Antony Thaiparambil. Das flew in from Kolkata to attend the funeral of Father Thaiparambil, who rescued him from a street in the eastern Indian […]
Veteran Kerala politician and Catholic K.M. Mani, who never lost any Assembly election since 1967, died on April 9 evening at a private hospital here, doctors said. The 86-year-old was undergoing treatment for a lung ailment— Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease. He was admitted to Lakeshore Hospital in Ernakulam. The end came on April 9 evening. […]
Christian leaders and activists in India are pinning hopes on the Supreme Court to set aside guidelines made by a state court on individuals changing religion. India’s top court on April 5 postponed hearing a petition of Christian leaders that challenged the guidelines of Rajasthan high court, saying the directions violate religious freedom guaranteed in […]
Ahead of the general elections in India in April, Church officials have issued pastoral guidelines asking Catholics to reject candidates who espouse certain ideologies and vote for guardians of secularism and democracy. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, joined other regional bishops in issuing a set of guidelines. The latest comes from […]
More than 45,000 people have attended the jubilee of a Marian apparition in Odisha, eastern India. “Where there is Mother Mary there is Jesus and where there is Jesus there is satisfaction and fulfilment. Mother Mary is not only Mother of God but Mother of everyone who seeks her constant intercession,” said Arch-bishop John Barwa […]
The Catholic Church “is against all conversions done by force or deception. At the same time, it defends the right of everyone to profess and spread their faith,” said Mgr Theodore Mascarenhas, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). The prelate’s statement comes in the wake of the alleged abduction of two […]
The Goa Bench Of The Bombay High Court Grants Relief For Protestant Pastor, Wife
