As we’re reminded every Advent, our Catholic Christmas customs are somewhat at odds with the secular “holiday season,” which starts before Thanksgiving and goes on until the last college bowl game. But even though we Catholics wait a bit to get going, we have a similarly long season of celebration,Continue Reading
Despite the chronicle of horrific deaths suffered by early Christians during the vaunted “Age of Martyrs” Pope Francis said Monday that the church has more martyrs today than the early church did. In remarks Monday to thousands of pilgrims who had gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, to markContinue Reading
Deacon Kumuda Kumar Digal will be ordained on January 23 for Kolkata province Continue Reading
By Santosh Digal Bhuabneswar — Christians in the communally sensitive Kandhamal district if Odisha, eastern India, celebrated Christmas amid tight security. A tribal outfit, Kui Samaj Samanwaya Samiti (KSSS) on December 23 announced that it would go ahead with 12-hour shut down on Dec 25 in Kandhamal district, the epicenterContinue Reading
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Father Battista Busolin died on Christmas eveContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis surprised Vatican officials yet again, when, in his closely watched pre-Christmas greeting, he spoke frankly about the reform of the Roman Curia and the “open,” “hidden” and “malevolent” types of resistance that he is encountering to it. Addressing the cardinals and senior officials of the Roman CuriaContinue Reading
By: Adolf Washington Bengaluru: “Don’t feel insecure” Chief Minister of Karnataka State Siddaramaiah told a large pre-Christmas gathering hosted by Archbishop Bernard Moras of Bangalore, on December 22 evening at the premises of St. Germain Institution, about a mile from the Archbishops House. The State political head was assuring aContinue Reading
The Bandel Church and Mother Teresa House are part of the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation’s special tour packages during Christmas and New YearContinue Reading
By: Santosh Digal Bhubaneswar: Even after ten months, there is no “trace” of Indian priest who was abducted last March in Yemen. “Unfortunately, I do not have any information about Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil. I live in Lebanon and I have no contact with the missionaries in Aden,” Father Khalil AlwanContinue Reading
