Pope Francis on November 9 accepted the resignation of Jesuit Archbishop William D’Souza of Patna.
This led to the automatic elevation of Coadjutor Archbishop Sebastian Kallupura as Patna’s metropolitan archbishop.
This was made public at 4:30 pm in India, says a press release from the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the national body of the Latin rite bishops in the country.

Justice Bhuyan Calls for Protection of Dissent and Personal Liberty
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has expressed concern over the growing trend of treating peaceful dissent and ordinary actions as criminal offences. Speaking at a


