By Matters India Reporter Varanasi: Amid the gloom of rising Covid-19 death, Christians, Hindus and Muslims on April 19 came together to organize a series of blood donation camps in Varanasi, a major city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Opening the first camp in St. Mary’s ConventContinue Reading
Varanasi: Father Iswar Prasad, a doyen of inculturation in India, died of old age illness on Friday. He was 88. Fr Prasad’s “life, thoughts and actions and pioneering works in inculturation have made lasting impression on the life of the Church in India,” said Bishop Eugene Joseph of Varanasi mourningContinue Reading
Varanasi: Father Eugene Joseph has been serving as the administrator of Varanasi diocese after Bishop Raphy Manjaly was transferred to Allahabad two years ago. Both the dioceses are in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi is the Hinduism’s most sacred city and Father Joseph is its third prelate.Continue Reading