By chhotebhai Kanpur, May 4, 2024: This is indeed a strange title. It is borrowed from the Vatican II document “The Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World”. Let me quote it. “The church admits that she greatly profited and still profits from the antagonism of those whoContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho of cruxnow.com Mumbai, May 3, 2024: Archbishop Linus Neli of Imphal has called all Catholics in the eastern Indian state of Manipur to hold intense fast and prayer for reconciliation and peace May 3-5. “Let us persistently pray for the day when people of all ethnicities andContinue Reading
M L Satyan Coimbatore, May 3, 2024: Janata Dal Secular leader Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, and the son of HD Revanna, is the name widely spoken these days across India. Thousands of videos allegedly showing Prajwal sexually abusing women have sparked public outrage. TheContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla Hyderabad, May 2, 2024: Not often a region in India gets three Catholic bishops consecrated in three weeks. The Catholic community in the Telugu speaking states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, in southern India, rejoices in having three shepherds who are expected to bring great energy andContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Pirigoda, April 30, 2024: The Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar has honored a python-attack survivor who completed 44 years making hundreds know Christ in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Around 75 people, including priests and nuns, on April 29 attended a Mass to give God thanks for KhristodasContinue Reading
By Joseph Jerald New Delhi, April 30, 2024: Andrew Heanngam Pamei from Manipur aspired to be an Indian civil service officer, but fate had it that the 27-year-old now spends his time translating the Bible to Rongmei, his mother language, widely spoken in Manipur and in other northeastern Indian states.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, April 29, 2024: Calcutta archdiocese’s commission for dialogue has organized a “kavi semmelan” (gathering of poets) to set up a platform for poets to express their concern for society. About 40 poets from Hindi, Bengali and Urdu literatures attended the April 28 gathering. Most ofContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Namkum, April 27, 2024: Human rights activists, journalists, social workers, and lawyers were among 150 people who attended the 87th birth anniversary of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The April 26 program at Agriculture Training Centre in Namkum near theContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, April 24, 2024: An ashram started by a group of nuns in southern Indian town has completed 25 years promoting interfaith harmony. The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary congregation founded the Ishalaya Ashram in 2000 at Palamaner in Andhra Pradesh state in response to the Second VaticanContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, April 21, 2024: The Catholics of Warangal diocese, in the southern state of Telangana, on April 21 received a pastoral letter from Bishop Bala Udumala during the Sunday liturgy. The bishop, who is also the chairman of the Telugu Catholic Bishops’ Council’s Commission on TheologyContinue Reading
