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Vatican City : The Vatican has formally started proceedings for canonisation of Servant of God, Capuchin Friar, Fr. Theophane Koodalloor. The canonisation process was initiated at Vatican by Fr. Carlo Calloni, the General Postulator . The formal process from Archdiocese of Verapoly in Kerala was completed on Oct 24 thContinue Reading

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Dhaka : “Go and seek out the homes of Christians that are the farthest from your parishes and visit them. Bring the joy of the Gospel to these families. Their members need closeness and spiritual advice.”  Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, archbishop of Dhaka  asked at a ceremony held at the Archbishop’s ResidenceContinue Reading

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Bhubaneshwar: Kandhamal has six new priests, including the first Salesian. The ordinations took place on Saturday and Monday in the presence of Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar. Their consecrations take an even greater significance since Kandhamal is the district in the State of Odisha (Orissa) that saw a pogrom byContinue Reading

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Hyderabad: An Indian Christian evangelist  has suffered a brain haemorrhage after he was interrogated by police about his role in distributing Bibles and other Christian literature in the city where he works as a professor of engineering. K.A. Swamy, 47, was marched to the police station at around 10am onContinue Reading

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At times it’s crab-like, at other times stumbling, but the Pope’s plan for a formal structure inside the Church that listens to ordinary Catholics and responds is moving in the right direction. That structure is the Synod of Bishops whose secretariat released a preparatory document on the topic of youngContinue Reading