From The States

Major Archiepiscopal Assembly begins

Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Church Cardinal Mar Cleemis has highlighted the relevance of family values for the betterment of society. Delivering the inaugural address at the second Major Archi-episcopal Assembly of the church here on Oct. 8, he said, family values and religious belief were increasingly coming under attack. If the family lost belief […]

Former Chikmagalur bishop dies

Former Bp John Baptist Sequeira of Chikmagalur died on October 9 due to old age ailments. The end came at the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Hosur Road, Bengaluru. He was 89. The funeral Service was held at 3 pm on October 11 at the Home for the Aged (Little Sisters of […]

Belagavi: Church-cum-mutt a rare example of religious harmony

On Sunday mornings, when they are not working in the fields that surround Deshnur, around 200 of the village’s 12,000 people go to Snanika Arulappanavara Virakta Mutt, a shrine where they attend mass that a Catholic priest holds in Kannada. Yet, not a single inhabitant of the village is Christian. Within the imposing building of […]

Over 200 cases of violence against Christians in India reported

More than 200 incidents of violence against Christians reported in India, according to data compiled by advocacy group, New Delhi-based Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) – India. According to ADF-India, 218 incidents in 243 days of 2019, 159 mob violence incidents and 27 incidents a month were recorded. Since the beginning of this year, the reported […]

Dark days are ahead for India: Justice Katju

“Something has happened in India which reminds me of what happened in Germany during the Nazi era. After Hitler took power in January 1933 almost the whole of Germany went mad, people shouting ‘Heil Hitler,’ ‘Sieg Heil,’ ‘Juden Verecke’ and adoring that madman like hypnotized zombies. One can see it all on YouTube. Germans are […]

Priest on bail alleges plan to kill him in jail

A Catholic priest who spent ten days in judicial custody for “conversion” alleges a plot to get him killed in the jail. “They tried to kill me inch by inch,” Father Benoy John, who was released on bail on September 16, told the Malayala Manorama newspaper. The 42-year-old priest was arrested on September 6 along […]

Cardinal Gracias in Amazon Synod participants’ list

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, is among participants the Vatican has listed for the Special Assembly of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region. The Vatican on September 21 published the list of participants for the October 6-27 to be held in Rome. Pope Francis on October 15, 2017, convened a Special […]

XLRI – JAMSHEDPUR HAS A NEW DIRECTOR

The Xavier School of Business Management, popularly known as XLRI Jamshedpur, a premier Jesuit intuition has a new Director Rev. Fr P. Maria Joseph Christie, S.J. took over on 7th June, 2019 from Rev. Fr Abraham Enthesmkuzhy who handed over the reins of administration to Rev. Fr Christie, S.J. Fr Abraham was Director of XLRI […]

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

No action taken against police who assaulted Catholic priests in India