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Two Capuchin Franciscan friars were ordained on February 8 by His Exc. Mgr John Barwa in the district of Kandhamal, which had seen horrific anti-Christian violence in 2008. “A gift and a blessing, in the Year of Mercy”: is how the Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, in Orissa, His Exc. Mgr. JohnContinue Reading

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Nagpur: A Catholic prelate in central India has criticized attempts to impose uniform culture in the country. “We are all not the same, and we do not have all to be the same,” asserted Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara of Nagpur during an annual pilgrimage to a 19th-century Marian grotto. Thousands ofContinue Reading

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Guwahati- The Annual week-long faith-exposure programme organized by the Archdiocese of Guwahati for young people in religious formation concluded 23 January. It has been growing in strength and diversity during the last decade and this year there were close to 600 participants including aspirants, candidates, postulants, novices, junior sisters, seminarians, and brothers doing theirContinue Reading

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Vatican: Pope Francis on Tuesday acknowledged the appointment of a new auxiliary bishop to a diocese in southern India’s Kerala state belonging to the eastern rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. At its meeting at Mount Saint Thomas in Kerala, the Syro-Malabar Church Synod elected Fr. Jose Pulickal as Auxiliary Bishop of Kanjirapally,Continue Reading

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Kolkata: A Salesian priest, who had worked nearly 25 years in Bolivia as a missionary, died at the Salesian Provincial House in Kolkata, January 9. He was 79. A requiem Mass for the soul of Fr Joseph Punchakunnel was held at the Provincial House, Kolkata, at 6.00 pm. His funeralContinue Reading