Purushottam Nayak Chatrapur, January 5, 2023: Kandhamal survivor among three Capuchin priests ordained in Odisha. Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur January 4, 2023 ordained Deacons Aspin Digal, Ramesh Parichha and Samant Nayak at San Damiano Capuchin Minor Seminary, Sindurapalli, Chatrapur of Ganjam District of eastern Indian state of Odisha.Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, June 11, 2022: Lalita Beero, an unlettered and homebound homemaker from Mohana, a rural village of the Gajapati district of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, is a member of the diocesan synodal team of the Diocese of Berhampur. “I used to be very fearful,” sheContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Mohana, August 11, 2020: Christians groups in India have demanded the federal government to grant Scheduled Castes status for Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin. Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur, an Indian Church official, says Dalit from the two communities observe August 10 as a “DayContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Partoma, March 5, 2020: More than 35,000 people who on March 5 attended a Marian festival in a village under Kandhamal district of Odisha prayed for the victims of the recent sectarian violence in the national capital. “The victims of the Delhi riot are suffering like whatContinue Reading
By Inés San Martín Rome, September 14, 2019: Despite guidelines supporting Dalit Christians – formerly known as “untouchable” – not every church leader is working in their defense, according to one Indian bishop. “We still have to clean up our own house,” Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur told Crux.Continue Reading
By Udayanath Bishoyi Kolkata, Nov. 8, 2018: Catholic priests of today need to walk the talk, says a bishop from Odisha, eastern India. “Walk the talk is to live the gospel values in day today life. The type of leadership in Pope Francis is participatory leadership. Then only any changesContinue Reading