Time to return Father Abu’s kindness
2017-02-26
We have to follow his example and support our brothers and sistersContinue Reading
Odisha: Women offer sarees at shrine to shut out evil eye
2017-02-25
Rumours of harm in the coming months are driving mothers in Berhampur to pray for the well-being of their eldest sons. Blinded by superstition, thousands of mothers, whose firstborn is a boy, are rushing to Tara Tarini hill shrine in Ganjam district of Odisha on Tuesdays. These women are offeringContinue Reading
Indian Christians wait for justice alongside other minorities
2017-02-18
By Justine Gitanjali Senapati As I track recent Indian news on my social media and news portals, I come across stories about how India shuts down the valiant efforts of nongovernmental organizations that work for the most marginalized people and religious minority communities in India. According to the January HumanContinue Reading
Let Marian Shrine of Dantolingi be the symbol of peaceful coexistence: Odisha Governor
2017-01-31
By: Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, Odisha: Odisha gears up for the centenary celebration of Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes at Dantolingi, in the District of Ganjam. February 11, 2017 is very special for Odisha Church as it is preparing to have centenary celebration of Marian Shrine of Our LadyContinue Reading
Vatican keen to canonize Kandhamal martyrs: Cardinal Gracias
2017-01-19
Now the documentation process and collection of evidences of those killed would be strengthenedContinue Reading
Ostracised couple seeks President nod to end lives
2017-01-02
Puri: An elderly couple from Dalit community in Brahmagiri block, Puri district of Odisha, Eastern India, who were ostracised and driven away from their home 15 years ago, has written to the President of India seeking permission to end their lives. The couple—Bhim and Tara—has been residing in a makeshiftContinue Reading
Kandhamal all set to ordain first Salesian priest
2016-12-27
Deacon Kumuda Kumar Digal will be ordained on January 23 for Kolkata province Continue Reading
Odisha’s Kandhamal region celebrates Christmas in tight security
2016-12-26
By Santosh Digal Bhuabneswar — Christians in the communally sensitive Kandhamal district if Odisha, eastern India, celebrated Christmas amid tight security. A tribal outfit, Kui Samaj Samanwaya Samiti (KSSS) on December 23 announced that it would go ahead with 12-hour shut down on Dec 25 in Kandhamal district, the epicenterContinue Reading
Priest convinces tribe to send kids to school
2016-12-22
By Santosh Digal Bhubaneswar: A Catholic priest in an eastern Indian state has managed to convince Ho tribe’s first generation children to go to school. Father Xavier Camil Tirkey, parish priest of Dhanmandal in Jajpur district of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar archdiocese, has worked among Ho tribes of Jajapur district, Odisha, for theContinue Reading
Two priests ordained in Odisha’s troubled Kandhamal
2016-12-12
They were ordained in Raika on December 12Continue Reading