Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar has blessed a church built at the site where a Protestant Christian was burnt alive during the 2008 anti-Christian violence. “The perpetrators of violence had planned to eliminate Christians from this region, but they have failed in front of our God’s mighty hand,” said the Divine Word prelate during homily at the opening of the Archangel Michael Catholic Church of Gudrikia, a substation under the Padangi parish. The prelate thanked God for giving them a new church, which he said was a house of His blessings, unity, love and fraternity. “Let us witness our deep faith in God through our daily life. May Archangel Michael intercede for us to encounter difficulties and threats to remain firm in our Christian faith,” Archbishop Barwa added. Fourteen priests and seven nuns were among more than 500 Catholics who attended the May 26 blessing ceremony
Spanish bishops speak out after leaks of their meeting with Leo XIV
The executive committee of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, (CEE, by its Spanish acronym) meeting in Madrid this week, issued an official statement regarding the leaks
