From The States

Covid aid restores society’s faith in Church

The Church’s vital role in providing emergency help for those hit by Covid-19 is rebuilding community relations in India where Christians have been demonised by far-right politicians. Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that, despite polarising rhetoric by politicians trying to divide citizens along religious lines, the pandemic […]

Pakistan court acquits Christian couple of ‘blasphemy’

A Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian couple who have spent seven years on death row for alleged blasphemy, their lawyer says, in a case that rights groups have long singled out for fair trial issues. The Lahore High Court acquitted Shafqat Emmanuel and his wife Shagufta Masih after a hearing in the eastern city […]

Fr. William Nellikal retires from Vatican Media

Fr William Nellikal who has been in charge of the Malayalam section of Radio Vatican and Vatican News for the past 12 years will retire on 13, June. He worked 4 years during the reign of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and nearly 8 years with Pope Francis. He will be resuming the pastoral ministry of […]

Covid-19: Indian Jesuits suffered worst despite precautions

The Society of Jesus has suffered the largest number of Covid deaths among Catholic priests in India despite all alertness and preparations, says the congregation’s South Asia chief. “Despite our goodwill and efforts, we lost about 37 Jesuits to Covid-19 this year,” Father Stanislaus D’Souza, president of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia told on […]

Indian takes over as Radio Veritas’ chief content editor

An Indian priest on June 11 took over as the chief content editor of Radio Veritas Asia, a pan-Asian radio service of the Catholic bishops of Asia. Fr Feroz Fernandes, a member of the Society of Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier or better known as Society of Pilar, was the editor-in-chief of a Konkani weekly […]

Tagle made member of Eastern Churches Congregation

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as a new member of the Vatican body that supports the Eastern Catholic Churches throughout the world. The cardinal is the sole addition to the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, which also assists the Latin-rite Catholic dioceses of the Middle East. Cardinal Tagle is the current prefect […]

Amid pandemic, violence against Christians continues

In the first five months of 2021, in 151 days of the current year, despite the serious pan-demic situation, 127 episodes of violence against Christians took place in India: says to Agenzia Fides “United Chri-stian Forum” (UCF), reporting the data obtained from the special “Toll-free number”, a telephone line activated to monitor incidents of violence […]

Miao diocese launches ‘Earth is Gold’ campaign

The diocese of Miao on June 6 launched a campaign to mark the World Environment Day. At small event held at Christ the Light Minor Semi-nary, Bp George Pallippara-mbil of Miao inaugurated the “Mitthi Sona Hai” (Earth is Gold) campaign to make people self-sufficient by encouraging them to cultivate and produce their food. Celebrating the […]

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Youth taught to use social media to become Good Samaritans

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