BY Rani Punnasserril New Delhi, Aug 14, 2024: India is heading for great social unrest and increased inequality if the country fails to address the rising unemployment and worsening poverty, warns a leading trade unionist. “The gap between the rich and the poor is growing, and our youth are beingContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, March 27, 2024: Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli on March 26 joined prelates from the Latin and Syro-Malabar Churches to celebrate Chrism Mass at New Delhi’s Sacred Heart Cathedral. Archbishop Anil Couto was the main celebrant of the religious service that is held during theContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Oct 10, 2022: Few parishes in Delhi or in India are visualized to look after the spiritual needs of the faithful, be they Indians and foreigners, who would be coming from institutes such as Indian Institute of Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru University and All India InstituteContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril New Delhi, April 6, 2022: Catholic dioceses in northern India have decided to launch a series of steps to help the poor and migrant workers. To start with, they would launch programs to educate migrants about various government welfare programs as part of the Church’s attempts toContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, March 27, 2022: Jesuit theologian Father Poulose Mangai, who died in New Delhi, will be buried in Kolkata, eastern India, says a message from the Calcutta Jesuit provincial. The funeral will take place at St Xavier’s College chapel in Kolkata at 10:30 am on MarchContinue Reading
By Stan Alla New Delhi, March 26, 2022: Father Poulose Mangai, a renowned professor of theology who worked among rickshaw pullers of Old Delhi area, died on March 26 after a brief hospitalization. A message from Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi expressed sadness over the death of “our dear FatherContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Feb 5, 2022: I have submitted a petition to Archbishop Anil Couto, the metropolitan archbishop of the Delhi ecclesiastical region, on the Mulakkal case. This is because Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar is his suffragan bishop. As per provisions of Article 8:1 of Pope Francis’ Motu ProprioContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 23, 2022: The Delhi chapter of the Indian Christian Women’s Movement (ICWM) has demanded immediate reinstatement of the rape survivor nun in her congregation. The movement, representing women from various Christian denominations across the country, on January 22 met Archbishop Anil J Couto ofContinue Reading
By Felix Sahayaraj New Delhi, Nov 22, 2021: The need for Christians to move from blind faith to mature living of Christ’s values in society was stressed at a function organized by Vidyajyoti theologate in Delhi. The annual convocation and seminar conducted Vidyajyoti’s Distance Education Program in Theology was attendedContinue Reading
New Delhi: A bishop in India has said that failure to put in place proper Covid-19 restrictions caused the current crisis – which has seen new cases exceeding 300,000 daily. Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that lax Covid-19 safety earlier this yearContinue Reading
