By Purushottam Nayak Adava, March 16, 2023: A Catholic family in an eastern Indian village says it now lives in fear after a mob attack. Kamila Nayak, the head of the 15-member family in Adava village, told Matters India March 16 that some 100 men and women came to theirContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, Nov 29, 2022: Thousands of devotees from eastern Indian state have flocked to the cathedral church of Berhampur diocese in Odisha to celebrate a Marian feast after two years. The Queen of the Mission feast was suspended because of the Covid-19 restrictions. The feast concluded onContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Surada, Oct 3, 2022: The Catholic Church in the eastern Indian state of Odisha has honored to its first native priest on completing 60 years of priesthood. More than 500 people October 3 joined Father Anselm Francis Biswal in the thanksgiving Mass October 3 at at SacredContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Berhampur, July 15, 2022: The diocese of Berhampur in the eastern Indian state of Odisha has resolved to take environmental issues seriously. Anugraha Peetho (seat of blessings), its laity center in Mohana, used the celebration of Vana Mahotsav (forest festival) to announce several stops to preserveContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, June 13, 2022: Manoranjan Nayak, an officer of the Odisha Administration, thanks a Catholic priest for helping him reach where he is now. “I went through a critical financial constraint in 2002 when I started preparing for civil services. Father Abraham [Karukaparambil] came to my rescueContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, April 8, 2022: An eastern India Catholic diocese has taken steps to prevent human trafficking, a form of modern slavery. “Odisha is one of the key labor-sending states in India. People who go out for jobs say there is nothing for them to stay inContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Feb 3, 2022: A Catholic parish was reopened for the public after 22 years in the eastern Indian state of Odisha with the help of the civil authorities. The Chandiput parish of the diocese of Berhampur was closed after a priest refused to accept his transferContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, Nov 27, 2021: The Catholic Church in Odisha has celebrated the feast of Mary Queen of the Mission or Candle Feast with great devotion and fervor. The main celebrations November 27 were at Berhampur, known as Odisha’s silk city, where thousands of Marian devotees from variousContinue Reading
By Shanti Pulickal Berhampur: Physically challenged or differently abled persons were considered a curse in the Old Testament. On seeing a blind person, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; heContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: The Church in Odisha has mourned the death of a popular retreat preacher and a writer in Odia language. Father Simon Eluvathinkal died on December 12, while undergoing his second dialysis in Holy Family Hospital New Delhi. He was 54. He was taking classes for catechistsContinue Reading