A chapel and presbytery for a mission station Thanks to the generous help of our benefactors, a new chapel and parish house were formally consecrated and opened in Ramnagar, the oldest mission station in the Diocese of Bettiah. Your donations in the amount of $37,200 have made this possible. The event was marked with great […]
Help for the formation of 10 novices and 43 seminarians of the South Kerala Province It was in 1981 that the Discalced Carmelites first established their regional South Kerala Province in India. At that time, there were only 10 Carmelite friars and one monastery. Today, the Province is comprised of 112 priests and eight […]
Renovation of a building for use as a pastoral centre The Diocese of Kohima lies in the state of Nagaland, in remote and underdeveloped Northeast India. It is home to diverse Indigenous tribes, each of which has its own language. Most live from what they can glean from the soil, many are unemployed, and the […]
There are 110 priests actively working in the diocese of Jagdalpur in the state of Chhattisgarh in central eastern India. Their work is hard and demands great self-sacrifice, for their ministry is in remote and underdeveloped regions and involves travelling long and difficult journeys. The diocese covers an area of around 15,000 square miles (39,000 km²), […]
Following a mob attack by right-wing extremists on a Catholic school, a leading cleric has said that Indian Christians will never be safe under Prime Minister Modi’s government. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the assault carried out by about 500 people on St Joseph school in Ganj Basoda, […]
Success Story: A Moped for Pastoral Work Father Maria Raju Etcherla was ordained just three years ago. Now, he is in charge of the parish of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus in Rajam, located in the north of the state of Andhra Pradesh in central eastern India. He is responsible for ministering to its 11 […]
Indian priest charged with singing Christmas carols finally acquitted after a four-year legal battle Father George Mangalapilly, an Indian priest, was recently acquitted of an alleged crime of “forcible religious conversion.” On December 14, 2017, he was attacked, along with 32 seminarians, by a group of radical Hindu extremists while singing Christmas carols in the […]
PPE now available for the Sisters of Mercy in West Bengal The Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross in the Indian state of West Bengal are working on the front lines against time and the pandemic with a second wave that has hit India, in particular, very hard. Our generous benefactors heard their cry […]
“His fate should be a wake-up call for the international community” According to several international media reports, an elderly Indian Jesuit priest by the name of Father Stan Lourduswamy, imprisoned for several months by the Indian authorities, died on Monday 5 July 2021 in a Catholic hospital in Mumbai at the age of 84. Widely […]
Archbishop of Bhopal sees encouraging signs in spite of the crisis India is currently experiencing a devastating surge of COVID-19 cases. On June 10, the death toll of a 24-hour period rose to over 6,000. These numbers are based on figures added to the national death toll by the state of Bihar on the previous […]
