By Jugal Ranjit and Smita Nayak Bhubaneswar: A state-level seminar on Dalit Christian Empowerment organized here on Dec 1 with twin objectives to address the Dalit concerns and promote their wellbeing in Odisha. Father Manoj Kumar Nayak, secretary, Commission for Scheduled Caste and Backward Caste of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar archdiocese, one ofContinue Reading

New Delhi: The apex body of Roman Catholic Church in India Wednesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “curb the spread of hatred by CM Raghubar Das” a month after the Jharkhand government passed a bill restricting religious conversions on August 12. In his strongly worded letter, Catholic BishopsContinue Reading

New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has condemned “the dastardly, brutal and cowardly” murder of the senior journalist, Gauri Lankesh, editor of the Kannada weekly, Lankesh Patrike on September 5 in Bengaluru. “We salute her for the courage with which she wrote, the conviction with which sheContinue Reading