From The States

Politicizing the cross is a thorny issue in Pakistan

Pakistani politician Shunila Ruth and her band of supporters waved the cross as they welcomed Imran Khan, the ousted prime minister who recently launched a long march to the national capital in a bid to regain power. “I admire the passion of Christians and other minorities for their captain. We are here to welcome and […]

Salesian priest trains hundreds of young Oil India executives

A Salesian priest has been training industry professionals in northeastern India. Father V M Thomas is now busy conducting 19 training programs for the Oil India Ltd company executives. The two-day programs for 576 in batches of 30 began in July and concludes in November. Christened Skill Matrix Assessment Retreat and Training or SMART, the […]

Women top Gospel Singer Reality Show

Three women from different parts of northern India have won the top prizes of the first Gospel Singer Reality Show conducted by a popular Church TV channel. While Lynette John, a mother and an English music teacher from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, notched the top posi-tion, S Jyoti from Bhilai, an industrial city of Chhattisgarh, stood […]

Indian Catholic bishops elect Archbishop Thazhath as leader

Archbishop Andrews Tha-zhath of Trichur has been ele-cted president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), the national body that represents more than 22 million Catholics in the country. The conference’s general body that met in Bengaluru Nov 6-11 also elected Archbishop George Antonysamy of Madras-Mylapore and Bishop Joseph Thomas of Batheri as the […]

Norbertines elect communication expert as Mananthavady province leader

The province cha pter of Manantha-vady Norbertines has elected Father Jose Murickan as its ninth provincial. The election on October 19 was presided over by Abbot General Jos Wouters. Abbot Marcus Champia from the Norbertine Abbey of Jamtara was the second official of the election. Father Murickan, former director of the National Institute of Social […]

Capuchins feared drowned in Godavari River

A Capuchin priest and a semina-rian have been feared drowned in the Godavari River in the southern Indian state of Telangana. Father Tony Simon Pulladen and seminarian Bijo Thomas Palampura-ckal were reportedly taking bath in the river on October 23 near Errayipet village near Chennur town, when the accident took place.

Society of St Paul gets new Indian provincial

The Society of St Paul, an international Catholic religious congregation for men, has a new leader for its India pro-vince that comprises Great Britain and Ireland, besides India. The congregation’s superior general Father Dominic Soliman on Oct. 24 appointed Father Joby Mathew as the Indian provincial during the council meeting.

Bible youth edition released at Asian bishops’ meet

A unique edition of the Bible for the youth was released at the backdrop of the general assembly of the Fede-ration of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), currently underway at Bang-kok, Thailand. The special edition, named ‘Iden-tity: Identified, Navigating the Cha-llenges of Life,’ was presented to the assembly by Salesian Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao, the […]

Eviction-facing Indian Catholics to fight Muslim charity’s claims

Goans oppose tourism project near 16th century basilica