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Miao diocese marks World Health Day

The diocese of Miao marked the World Health Day with the inauguration of a modern dental care unit at the only Catholic hospital in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal. “Proper health care is big concern in Arunachal Pradesh, particularly in Changlang district,” said Somlung Mossang, who represents the Borduma-Diyun constituency in the state legislative […]

Mizoram urges Churches, NGOs to help contain Covid-19 cases

Mizoram Health Minister Dr Lalthangliana on April 7 urged churches, NGOs and local volunteers to revive efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 as the state has registered a spike in coronavirus cases since March last week, an official statement said. The health minister held interaction with representatives of churches, NGOs, Mizoram Village Council Association […]

India’s top court dismisses bid for federal anti-conversion law

Catholic Church leaders have welcomed India’s top court dis-missing a petition that sought a federal law to check religious conversion and black magic. The Supreme Court of India on April 9 said persons above 18 years of age are free to choose their religion and dismissed a plea seeking directions to the federal government to […]

Indian archbishop fasts to spell out Covid-19 danger

A Catholic archbishop joined an Indian state’s chief minister on a special one-day fast to create awareness among people about the need to protect themselves from Covid-19. “It is our duty and respon-sibility to protect ourselves and others from the danger of Covid-19,” said Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh’s Chief Minister Shivraj Singh […]

Nuns accused of conversion, forced to get off train in Jhansi

Two nuns and two trainees travelling along with them on a train were forced to deboard in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi railway station and detained briefly for questioning, after ABVP members accused them of illegal conversions. The four were allowed to resume their journey after an enquiry by railway officials found there was no conversion involved. […]

Indian bishops’ study reveals grim life of tribal migrant workers

A new study sponsored by Catholic bishops in India has revealed the grim reality for most tribal migrant workers in the capital New Delhi where they suffer from endemic poverty and low wages amid an absence of workplace safety and socio-economic security. The study, ‘Tribal Migrants in Delhi City: A Pre Covid and Post Covid […]

Nine arrested over mob lynching in eastern India

Police in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand have arrested nine people in connection with the mob lynching of a 26-year-old Muslim man on the outskirts of Ranchi. According to media reports, this was the second such incident in the state capital in one week. Earlier, a 22-year-old man was beaten in the Upper Bazar […]

Faithful will question pastoral letter’s sanctity: Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has flayed a pastoral letter read in some churches of the Quilon diocese against the southern Indian state’s Left Democratic Front government. The sanctity of the pastoral letters will be questioned by devotees, the chief minister said March 26. They (a section of church leadership) are attacking the government just […]

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