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

New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and CBCI Office for Tribal Affairs jointly organized here a conference on the theme “The Sustainable Development Goals and UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Indian context” on August 9. The conference was organized to commemorate theContinue Reading