From The States

Indian prelate seeks end to violence against Christians

Archbishop Sebastian Durairaj of Bhopal has urged authorities to end the continuing violence against Christians in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. “A section of our community is feeling insecure. That is why we met Home Minister Narottam Mishra, who has assured us of appropriate act-ion,” the archbishop is reported to have said in […]

Women decry “misogynistic” school exam question

Women in India on December 13 decried a “blatantly misogynistic” and regressive” question a national school board asked its tenth grade students. “The education ministry must seriously do an enquiry, and the one made the question/statement should be punished severely,” says Sister Joel Urumpil, a social worker in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, reacting […]

Christian women distressed at killing of innocents in Nagaland

The Indian Catholic Women Movement, an ecumenical forum, has expressed “deep distress and anguish” at the killing of civilians in a messed-up counter-insurgency operation in Nagaland. “The killing of innocent lives calls for a just probe into the matter, in order to identify why and how the operation went wrong. It is important to end […]

Northeast Missionary Nun wins 11th International Human Rights Award

A missionary Nun, Betsy Devasia, working in Guwahati, Assam, was conferred with 11th International Human Rights Award for her contribution to women development in the region by Delhi-based Inter-national Human Rights Council on 10 December 2021 at the India Islamic Centre Auditorium, New Delhi. Sister Betsy Devasia, born on July 1, 1947 as the second […]

Ranchi auxiliary appointed Daltonganj apostolic administrator

Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi as the apostolic administrator of the diocese of Daltonganj. The appointment was announced on December 8 in Rome. “This appointment is an additional to his present office as Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi,” says a press release from Father Stephen Alathara, deputy secretary general of the […]

Indian theologians mourn Father Veliath’s death

The national forum of Catholic theologians in India on November 28 mourned the death of Salesian Father Dominic Veliath as a great loss for the Church in the country. The 79-year-old internationally reputed theologian died November 27 in Bengaluru. The Church in India has lost “a great theologian who lived Christian faith with deep commitment” […]

Kerala High Court reduces former priest’s jail term

The Kerala High Court on December 1 reduced the duration of jail term of a former Catholic priest, who was convicted for raping and impregnating a teenager. The bench of Justice Narayana Pisharoty heard the appeal of Robin Vadakkumchery against the 20-year rigorous imprisonment awarded to him February 16, 2019, by a court dealing with […]

Abp Kariyil CMI Dispenses the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly from the Synod Decision

In a pastoral letter from Vatican Arch-bishop Antony Kariyil CMI has asked all the priests and faithful to keep the status quo as regards the orientation of the Holy Mass from November 28 which the date to start to new mode of celebration of the Holy Mass as directed by the Synod, Using the provision […]

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

Goans oppose tourism project near 16th century basilica