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Covid-19: Cardinal Gracias asks priests to be vigilant

Cardinal Oswald Gracias has cautioned the priests of his Bombay archdiocese to not let their guard down as they have resumed pastoral activities as the administration has relaxed lock-down norms. The cardinal’s caution came in the wake of some priests succumbing to Covid-19. “It is with extremely deep sadness that we received the news of […]

Police move escalates tension in India’s Jacobite Church

Tension escalated in parts of India’s Kerala State as police used force to take over some churches of a Christian faction following a court order, aiming to give them to a rival camp. In pre-dawn operations, police took over three churches of the Jacobite faction on be-half of the Malankara Orthodox faction. Police used force to remove hundreds of protesters […]

Remember the poor, says Indian archbishop

Indian bishops and the country’s oldest lay Catholic organization have urged church members to stand in solidarity with the poor, who have been marginalized even more during the Covid-19 pandemic. As the nation is still following federal government guidelines to restrict social gatherings, the All India Catholic Union (AICU) held its annual general meeting through […]

Church welcomes Indian court order against Vedanta

A court in southern India has stopped a multinational firm from restarting its copper-processing plant, which was shut down two years ago following a protest that claimed 13 lives including those of four Catholics. Madras High Court in Tamil Nadu State on Aug. 18 dismissed a petition by London-based Vedanta Limited seeking permission to reopen its […]

Kerala bishops seek action against terror network

Catholic bishops in Kerala have warned about the increasing influence of international terrorist outfits such as Islamic State in the southern Indian state. The bishops’ call follows a United Nations report which said there are Islamic State-related terrorists in the southern states of Kerala and Karnataka. Groups like al-Qaida on the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and […]

India’s Protestant Church laicizes rebellious bishop

India’s Protestant Church has laicized one of its bishops after he revolted and declared his diocese an autonomous church. The Church of North India (CNI) on Aug. 11 remo-ved Bishop Basil B. Baskey of Chotanagpur Diocese in Jhar-khand State in eastern India from his office. It also with-drew his ordination as a priest and a […]

Divine Word NGO distributes relief in Tripura

An NGO led by the Society of the Divine Word has joined civil society groups to help those affected by the lockdown in a district of the north-eastern Indian State of Tripura. As coronavirus spread in Tripura, Oisho Bani Society (OBS) joining organizations such as Yuva Vikash Kendra to reach out to various parts of […]

Calls grow for recognition of Sarna religion in India

Demands for official recognition of the Sarna tribal religion have intensified in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand after Hindu groups took soil from sacred Sarna sthals to use in the construction of a temple in Ayodhya. Some 32 tribal organizations plan to boycott next year’s national census if their demand for recognition of the […]

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