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Christian women demand making India safer for women

An ecumenical group of Christian women has condemned increasing incidents of violence against women in India and demanded making society safer for them. “In this dreadful situation of unbridled gender violence and sexual crimes, we demand a country that is safe and peaceful for Indian women and girls,” the Indian Christian Women Movement said in […]

Bhutan’s only Catholic priest

Recently by chance, I met Father Kinley Tshering, former provincial superior of Darjeeling Jesuit Province in India, the first and only native Bhutan Catholic Priest. Bhutan is a close Buddhist theocracy with a population of less than a million, located in the Eastern Himalayas in South Asia, sandwiched between India and China. Bhutan is the […]

MLA Malladi Vishnu lauds Christian Missionaries services in Vijayawada

MLA Malladi Vishnu hailed the services of Christian Missionaries in the medical field even before the Independence to India. He participated in the inaugural function of the centenary celebrations of All India Catholic Union on Nov. 30 at Social Service Centre. Vijayawada Catholic Daisies Monsignor Muvvala Prasad, AICU national president Lansi D Sinha, State president […]

Rape-fighting Kerala nuns demand justice for minor victims

Five Catholic nuns in Kerala, who hit the headlines with their fight against rape, have joined another campaign demanding justice for two minor girls who were allegedly raped and murdered. The nuns of Missionaries of Jesus joined a public protest on Nov. 18 in Kerala’s commercial capital Kochi. It was part of an ongoing campaign […]

Women’s power to determine Christianity’s future: CCA moderator

The first Asian Ecumenical Women’s Assembly (AEWA) opened on November 22 at Hsinchu, Taiwan, acknowledging the power of women as the major factor to determine the Church’s future direction. “I see the reality of our global Christianity, especially in Asia, that the Churches have been transformed into ‘churches of women.’ The power of women is […]

Indian bishop wants state agency probed in baby-selling cases

Suspecting foul play in the increasing baby-selling charges against Missionaries of Charity nuns, a Catholic bishop in eastern India has demanded a high-level probe into the role of a government agency. Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi made the demand on Nov. 20, days after state police raided a convent in his Jharkhand State in […]

Pope receives Indian nun who brings hope to destitute

Pope Francis on November 18 received Indian nun Sister Lucy Kurien, who has worked more than 20 years sheltering destitute women, men and children in her country. Pope Francis knows Sister Kurien personally as they had met before in the Vatican because of her work to provide love, care and shelter to battered, exploited women, […]

India’s new saint thanked in national celebration

Some 30,000 Indian Catholics, including three cardinals, joined a Mass and public function to give thanks for the life and work of newly canonized St Mariam Thresia at her tomb in a Kerala village on Nov. 16. The Kerala-born nun was canonized in the Vatican on Oct. 13 along with British Cardinal Henry Newman, Swiss […]

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

Goans oppose tourism project near 16th century basilica