By Purushottam Nayak Gudrikia, May 27, 2025: Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar has blessed a church built at the site where a Protestant Christian was burnt alive during the 2008 anti-Christian violence. “The perpetrators of violence had planned to eliminate Christians from this region, but they have failed in frontContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, March 12, 2024: As many as 500 Catholic women in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar celebrated the International Women’s Day by pledging to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality through education. The women came to the March 10 event from various Mass centers ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Partamaha, March 6, 2024: More than 25,000 people, who attended the annual feast of a Marian shrine associated with a Hindu woman in Odisha, have credited Mother Mary for the Vatican recognition of the Kandhamal martyrs. Saraj Nayak, the secretary of the development committee of Partamaha MarianContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Dec 1, 2023: The Daughters of Charity congregation has celebrated the platinum Jubilee of its presence in Odisha state’s Kandhamal. “Hundreds of students have built their future through St. Catherine’s Schools at Raikia,” managed by the congregation, said Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in his homilyContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Daringbadi, Nov 23, 2023: Four survivors of the Kandhamal anti-Christian violence were ordained priests, a month after the Vatican granted permission to start the beatification process of 35 martyrs About 5,000 people attended the November 23 ceremonies at Our Lady of Holy Rosary Parish, Dairingbadi under Cuttack-BhubaneswarContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, Oct 25, 2023: The Vatican has given a go-ahead to start the beatification process for 35 people who were martyred for their faith during the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal in eastern India. A message from Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli to Archbishop John Barwa ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Balasore, June 6, 2023: The head of the Catholic Church in Odisha has appealed Christians to donate blood for the survivors of the triple train tragedy in the eastern Indian state. “I appeal to Christians and youth to donate blood for the needs of the cause atContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Partamaha, March 5, 2023: More than 50,000 people on March 5 gathered at a Marian pilgrimage center in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, when it celebrated its feast two years after a gap of two years. “We are here after the Covid pandemic to thank GodContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Jan 9, 2023: The president of Hockey India Padma Shri Dilip Tirkey has applauded the Jesuits of Jamshedpur province for reaching out to places where no one dared to go. “The Jesuits dared forests and mountains and faced all odds in doing God’s mission and shapingContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Cuttack-Bhubaneswar: Four nuns took temporary vows and four others perpetual vows during Mass on January 16 in Cuttack’s cathedral. Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswa, who led the Mass January 16 hailed the nuns as “God’s channel to reach the poor.” The nuns belong to the Congregation ofContinue Reading
