Jesuit priest among several questioned in Jharkhand gangrape case
2018-06-22
An 11-member team had gone to Kochang village to hold awareness classesContinue Reading
Indian Catholic priest to speak at British parliament on Yoga
2018-06-22
A Catholic priest is telling the British House of Lords of the benefits of yoga to mark International Yoga Day 2018 on June 21. Fr Joe Pereira told AsiaNews that he has been practicing Iyengar Yoga for 50 years, adding that his Kripa Foundation has used it “to help in the rehabilitationContinue Reading
No reason to worry under BJP government: Bishop
2018-06-21
Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal of Calicut said that minorities have no reason to worry under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. Bishop Chakkalakal was addressing the media after meeting V Muraleedharan, BJP Rajya Sabha MP in Kozhikode. The bishop said that top leaders of the BJP including PM Modi cannot beContinue Reading
200 Priests apply for gun permits in Philippines
2018-06-21
By Emmanuel Tupas MANILA, Philippines — Over 200 priests and preachers from other religious denominations want to carry firearms, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said. The PNP received requests for the permit to carry firearms outside residence (PTCFOR) from 188 Catholic priests and 58 ministers, preachersContinue Reading
PRO VERITAS PRO CARITAS PRO ECCLESIA
2018-06-21
A “Practical” Letter to our Beloved Brother Bishops of our Beloved Motherland IndiaContinue Reading
Jharkhand tribal village gets first matriculate
2018-06-21
None of the girls from the village had ever appeared for the board examination earlierContinue Reading
CBCI marks World Refugees Day
2018-06-21
Some 25 participants from different organizations participated Continue Reading
Bishops’ conference dismisses as fake news about Pope’s health
2018-06-21
The “fake” social media message says the Pope has fallen down twice in a monthContinue Reading
Calcutta archbishop asks schools to reduce summer working hours
2018-06-21
Extreme hot weather has forced the government to declare school holidaysContinue Reading
MIT engineering graduate swaps career for priesthood
2018-06-21
As a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, he was affirmed in the good work he likely would have done in his career when a professor pulled him aside to tell him how well he had scored on an exam. But he was “feeling drawn moreContinue Reading