Mumbai: At least 110 people have been killed in landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rains in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. The rains overwhelmed hundreds of villages, sweeping away houses and leaving residents stranded. Rescue crews have been racing to evacuate survivors but many people are feared missing.Continue Reading
Denver: In a 19-point statement regarding Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke called the restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass “severe and revolutionary,” and questioned the pope’s authority to revoke use of the rite. Cardinal Burke, in his July 22 statement on the feast of St.Continue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court bench on July 23 withdrew its oral observations praising the late Father Stan Swamy and even appreciating his work for society. The bench of Justices Sambhaji Shinde and Nijamoodin Jamadar withdrew their comments after the National Investigations Agency (NIA) took strong objection to the “personalContinue Reading
Warsaw Ten Polish nuns have been approved for beatification as martyrs 76 years after they were killed while resisting rape and facing other atrocities by Soviet soldiers in the final months of World War II. “This will show how courage and devotion are linked to saintliness. It’s been an explosionContinue Reading
By Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall and Iqbal Kirmani SRINAGAR, Kashmir — Manmeet Kour Bali had to defend her marriage in court. A Sikh by birth, Ms. Bali converted to Islam to marry a Muslim man. Her parents objected to a marriage outside their community and filed a police complaint againstContinue Reading
Japanese Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo has been appointed as the new Secretary General of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. Archbishop Kikuchi replaced Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-Sang of Macau, who resigned from the post this month. The FABC announced the archbishops’ appointment in a letter sent to itsContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: “Have you seen this tamasha, Father?” asked Babush,* the sacristan who often doubled up as ‘Table-boy.’ “What tamasha, Babush?” “That holy suicide! A 31-year old priest, Pradeep Soreng, was found hanging dead in his bathroom yesterday” [Saint Vincent Minor Seminary, Gopalpur-on-the-Sea, some 175 km southwestContinue Reading
New Delhi: Indian nationals have become the largest group of emigrants, leaving their home country at increasingly high rates. More than 18 million Indians were living outside the country in 2020. That number showed dramatic growth over the course of the last 20 years; while there was an overall increaseContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: A Catholic priest, who uses youth power to promote agriculture and protect Goa from polluting mines, has welcomed the Supreme Court upholding its earlier order of cancellation of mining leases in the western Indian state. “People of India can still trust judiciary that it will notContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The Latin Catholic Church in India will hold a one-hour National Prayer Service on August 7 to pray for the health of the world. The prayer will be conducted from the tombs of St. Thomas, St. Francis Xavier and St. Teresa of Kolkata and from the Marian Basilicas ofContinue Reading
