By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Oct 6, 2024: Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad, who organizes the Pope’s overseas travels, is among 21 new cardinals Pope Francis announced on October 6. Among the new Asian cardinals are Divine Word Archbishop Tarcisio Isao of Tokyo, Japan; Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David of KalookanContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Oct. 5, 2024: Community leaders and organizations in Manipur’s Ukhrul district have called for peace and reconciliation after clashes during a cleanliness drive on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary left four dead and five wounded. “Each heart that bleeds today is a wound on our shared soul.Continue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Oct 5, 2024: A nun and a lawyer from northeastern India appointed as the council members of the youth commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) say they are excited to get an opportunity to serve the Church at the national level. “IContinue Reading
By Bosco de Souza Eremita and Jose Kavi Panaji, Oct 5, 2024: Protests erupted in Goa’s Catholic-dominated southern region on October 5 after a right-wing Hindu leader questioned revering Saint Francis Xavier as the patron of the western Indian state and called for a DNA test on the saint’s relics.Continue Reading
By Donna Birrell Beijing, Oct 4, 2024: The Chinese government has ordered the removal of crosses from churches and replaced images of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary with pictures of President Xi Jinping, according to a new report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 3, 2024: The Supreme Court has barred remarks made by the Allahabad High Court regarding religious conversions and their impact on the country’s demographics, deeming them inappropriate. The apex court’s September 27 decision came as it granted bail to Kailash, a Christian fromContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct 3, 2024: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) has called on Christian journalists to imbibe the Gandhian values of truth, nonviolence and justice in reporting. “The deliberations made us realize how untruth, injustice and violence have permeated every section of society, and the media playContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Oct. 2, 2024: The Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) are playing a vital role in transforming the Church in northeastern India. This was stressed at the 23rd pastoral conference of the Guwahati Archdiocese on October 2, attended by more than 200 priests, religious, and laypeople from 47Continue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Bengaluru, Oct. 1, 2024: More than 200 nuns, priests and lay Catholics walked blindfolded in Bengaluru to raise awareness of the challenges faced by the visually impaired. “Christians in India can solve the problem of the shortage of corneas in India, which has one third of theContinue Reading
By John Singarayar Mumbai, Sept 30, 2024: The recent news of Mount Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School in Cementnagar, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, losing its management to the Adani Foundation has shocked the local community. A lot of concerns and questions have been raised by the General Resolution dated September 27, whichContinue Reading
