From The States

Nun who won global award for anti-trafficking mission

Canossian Sister Grasy Luisa Rodrigues received the Common Good Award at the Sisters’ Anti-Trafficking Awards May 23, 2024, in Rome for saving trafficking victims for the past 13 years. She also educates youth about the Indian Juvenile Justice Act, cyber safety and online exploitation, child labour, health and hygiene, and children’s rights and protection. The […]

Five Indian Salesians charged with contempt of court

The top court in India’s northeastern Meghalaya state has issued contempt of court notices against five Salesian priests for demolishing a build-ing, ignoring a petition that sought the court’s intervention to protect it. Meghalaya High Court on Jan. 28 issued notices to the priests – Saji Stephen, Arcadius Puwein, Edmund Gomes, Dianetius Fernandez and Cyril Tirkey […]

Cardinal Ferrao applauds Odisha archdiocese for Servants of God

Cardinal Felipe Neri Ferrao, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), has congratulated the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar for producing 35 martyrs of faith. The cardinal’s message was read by Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore, newly elected CCBI vice president, at a function to mark the golden jubilee of the only archdiocese in […]

Nun’s self help book fetches Golden Book Award

Salesian Sister Teresa Joseph, a Mumbai-based nun, has been conferred the Golden Book Award 2025 for her self-help and motivational book. The award is given by Wings Publication International, an international publishing company to recognize books and authors for their literary contributions. Sister Joseph received the award at a function on January 31 in Mumbai. […]

Catholic religious in Mangaluru celebrate World Day of Consecrated Life

Around 675 Catholic religious from various congregations in the Mangalore diocese of southern India have celebrated the World Day of Consecrated Life. The gathering held under the regional unit of the Con-ference of Religious in India (CRI) on February 2, the feast of Presenta-tion of the Lord, underlined the need for unity and brotherhood among […]

Bishop Udumala Bala Appointed Archbishop of Visakhapatnam

The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Udumala Bala Sho-wreddy (70) as the Abp of Vishakapat-nam in Adhra Prade-sh transferring him from the diocese of Warangal on February 8, 2025. He was appointed Bishop of Wara-ngal on April 13, 2013 and ordained Bishop on May 23, 2013. He was the Apostolic Administrator of the […]

Fr. D. Selvarajan Appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Neyyattinkara

The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Fr. D. Selvarajan (62) as Coadjutor Bishop of Neyyattinkara, Kerala on February 8, 2025. Since 2011, he has been the Judicial Vicar of Neyyattinkara, and since 2019, he has been the Parish Priest of St. Francis Xavier in Thiru-puram. He was born on January 27, 1962, in Valiyavila. […]

Indian Catholic bishop urges cordial relations with Sikhs

An Indian Catholic bishop has stressed the need to maintain harmonious relations with the majority Sikh community in northern Punjab state amid reports of rising conversions to Christianity. A Sikh youth group in the state has launched an awareness campaign to stop conversions and the establishment of new churches. “We are aware of the campaign, […]

Salesians elect Maltese priest Fabio Attard as Don Bosco’s 11th successor

Pope Francis does not accept Cardinal Koch’s resignation: could continue at least until anniversary of Council of Nicea