From The States

Ranchi auxiliary promoted as Jamshedpur bishop

Pope Francis on November 1 promoted Auxiliary Bishop Telesphore Bilung of Ranchi as the bishop of Jamshedpur. The appointment was announced at 12 noon Rome time and its corresponding time 3:30 pm in India.

Two Korean Sisters in prison on conversion charges

Two Korean missionary women religious from the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres were arrested in Nepal on 14 Septem-ber and are still in detention. The two, Sisters Gemma Lucia Kim and Martha Park, were charged with proselytising and conversion activities, and arrested at their mission in Pokhara, 200 kilometres from Kathmandu, where […]

Migrant labourers’ “messiah” wins journalism award

A Catholic nun, who braved coronavirus pandemic and official apathy, to reach out to hundreds of stranded mi-grants labourers during lockdowns has won a prestigious award from the Indian Catholic Press Association. The national body of Catholic journalists on November 5 chose Sister Sujata Jena for the best reportage on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Students urged to overcome evil of selfishness, greed

Swami Sachidananda Bharathi, a peace activist, has urged students to work for an India free of hunger, caste discrimination and corruption by overcoming the evil of selfishness and greed. One should overcome the “evil of selfishness, greed and pride” with love and sharing, caring and giving, focus and progress, trust and entrust, grow and help […]

Bengaluru priest honoured for humanitarian services during pandemic

The women of a Catholic parish in Bengaluru have felicitated their parish priest for being the “front line hero” during the pandemic period. Salesian Father Aloysius Santiago, rector and parish priest of Don Bosco Shrine in Lingarajpuram was honoured October 24 at a function in the parish church.

China forces removal of Bible and Quran apps

American tech giant Apple has removed a Bible app and a Quran app from its App Store in China following requests from officials, triggering conde-mnation from rights groups over a further violation of religious freedom by the communist state. Apple confirmed to the BBC that the apps, Quran Majeed and Bible App by Olive Tree, […]

Catholic school in Madhya Pradesh ordered to install Hindu idol

Right-wing Hindu activists on October 25 served a 15-day ultimatum to Catholic school in the central Indian state Madhya Pradesh state to install in the campus an idol of Saraswati, the goddess of know-ledge. A 30-member delega-tion of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal met Father Augustine Chittupara-mbil, manager of Christ Jyoti Senior Secondary […]

Muslims shoot Christians, killing two and wounding several in Okara

More than 20 Muslims have attacked a Christian commu-nity in Punjab. The violence followed a row between two families over the irrigation of some fields in the Okara area. When a group of young Christians went back to water their fields, Muslims opened fire with guns and rifles. Two young Christians, Yaqub Mukhtar and Haroon […]

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Pope To Syro-malabar Faithful: Unity Is A Duty

The Goa Bench Of The Bombay High Court Grants Relief For Protestant Pastor, Wife