From The States

Christian-Muslim dispute goes to India’s top court

India’s top court has agreed to hear a dispute between Christians and Muslims over minority scholarships for students after accepting an appeal filed by Kerala’s state government. The Supreme Court bench of Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice B.R. Gavai on Oct. 29 ordered to serve notices on all the parties listed in the appeal […]

Dalit nuns can’t talk about caste discrimination

Christians of former low caste or Dalit origin face several forms of discrimination within the Catholic Church but they never abandon their faith in Christ, says Sister Robancy Amal Helen, who has been working for the community. The 33-year-old member of Idente Missionaries (Religious Institute of Christ the Redeemer), a new form of consecrated life […]

Catholic youth plunge into flood relief works in Tamil Nadu

Young Catholics in Tamil Nadu are in the forefront of rescue and relief operations among the flood victims in the southern Indian state. Some hundred youth from various parishes of the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore “promptly swung into action” as the flooding affected reportedly more than 500 residential areas in Chennai, the state capital, Father Ronald […]

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.

Indian bishops slam terror attack on tourists in India’s Kashmir

No action taken against police who assaulted Catholic priests in India