Braving death threats to wash women’s feet
2016-03-26
We cannot perpetuate a culture that dehumanizes or denies human dignity and rightsContinue Reading
Kandhamal wives seek justice in Delhi
2016-03-04
The women released a book “Cry of the Oppressed” by Anto AkkaraContinue Reading
Two new priests in Kandhamal
2016-02-10
Two Capuchin Franciscan friars were ordained on February 8 by His Exc. Mgr John Barwa in the district of Kandhamal, which had seen horrific anti-Christian violence in 2008. “A gift and a blessing, in the Year of Mercy”: is how the Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, in Orissa, His Exc. Mgr. JohnContinue Reading
Kandhamal survivors to hold first meeting
2016-02-08
Bhubaneswar: The survivors of the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal, Odisha, are meeting for the first time to share their struggles to secure justice and dignity. The Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar is convening the meeting on Feb 9 at Divya Jyoti (light of Christi) Pastoral Centre at Konjamendi town in KandhamalContinue Reading
CBCI to discuss Kandhamal pogrom in its plenary in March
2016-01-20
Bhubaneswar— The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has accepted a suggestion from an Archbishop from Odisha, Eastern India, to discuss the anti-Christian persecution of 2007 and 2008 in Kandhamal at its plenary meeting scheduled for March 2016. Divine Word Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar will speak on Kandhamal forContinue Reading
Kandhamal’s first Jesuit priest ordained
2016-01-01
More than 2,500 people attended the ordinationContinue Reading
Has much changed since India’s 2008 massacre of Christians?
2015-12-17
Rome: Tough it has been almost a decade since a spat of violence left nearly 100 Christians dead in the Indian state of Odisha, it’s still foggy as to whether or not things have improved. Themina Arora, a lawyer in India who has helped with rehabilitation efforts since the 2008Continue Reading
Kandhamal to have first Jesuit priest
2015-12-14
The news of the ordination in the Year of Mercy has cheered Catholics in KandhamalContinue Reading
Odisha Church urges bishops’ plenary to address Kandhamal
2015-12-11
Bhubaneswar: The Church in Odisha has appealed the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) to address Kandhamal issues at its plenary meeting scheduled for March 2016. Kandhamal, a district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, was the scene of the worst anti-Christian violence the country witnessed in its modernContinue Reading
Priests from persecuted land serve global Church
2015-10-27
Their faith was tested by fire during the Kandhamal violenceContinue Reading