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Church mourns former Indian president

The Indian Church and political leaders across party lines are mourning former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee, who died on Aug. 31 in New Delhi. Mukherjee, 84, had brain surgery at the Army Research and Referral Hospital in the national capital in late August. He had also tested positive for Covid-19. “His passing away leaves a […]

India bans four Christian groups from accepting foreign funds

India’s Home Ministry has cancelled four Christian organizations’ licenses to receive foreign donations without specifying any reason for the move. The Christian groups are among six organizations whose licenses have been cancelled this year, a ministry source told UCA News. The four organizations are Mumbai-based New Life Fellowship Association, Evangelical Churches Association of Manipur in […]

Catholic lawyers’ forum calls for Supreme Court’s self-examination

A forum for Catholic nuns, brothers and priests practicing as lawyers says time has come for the self-examination of the Supreme Court of India. “It is the right time for the Apex Court for its self-exa-mination,” the National Lawyers Forum of Religious and Priests (NLFRP) stated on August 22 after observing that certain moves of […]

Catholic priest revolutionizes Maharashtra district’s healthcare scenario

A 106-year-old dilapidated hospital has become a state-of-the-art healthcare facility in Maharashtra, thanks to a Catholic priest. Giving a new lease of life to the Morarji Gokaldas Rural Hospital in Mahabaleshwar is among several success stories of Father Tomy Kariyilakulam, who has revolutionized the healthcare scenario of Satara district after he entered the western Indian […]

Catholic Priest got award in the short film screenwriting

Priest Fr. Jose Puthussery of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam–Angamaly received the award in the short film screenwriting competition organized by the Kerala Chalachithra Academy on the problems faced by Malayalees all over the world in connection with the lock down during the Corona period. During this Kovid period, the Short Film Screenwriting Competition was another […]

Covid management: Mizoram sets new example

A small state in India’s troubled northeast has managed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic much better than some larger states with more resources. Mizoram is tucked away between Myanmar and Bangladesh, about 1,500 miles from New Delhi. It registered its first case on March 24—the day on which the country went into nationwide lockdown to […]

Indian bishops to address mental health of youth

The National Youth Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India has decided to address the mental wellbeing of young people amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In these times of uncertainty, the commission is committed to paying attention to the psychological and mental wellbeing of young people, said its executive secretary Father Chetan Machado. The […]

Social amnesia buries India’s Catholic freedom fighters

“It may be mere coincidence that this article is written at a time when Asia in general and India in particular are facing the greatest threat to human freedom from ideologies and ideologues that present themselves as the unquestionable advocates of progress. But what triggered this writer to venture into this area is a surreptitiously […]

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Youth taught to use social media to become Good Samaritans

Pakistan’s oldest priest passes away at 97