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 […]
Aid to the Church in Need Canada (ACN) is launching an appeal for urgent support for its project partners in India. “In a plea for help sent out last week, Sister Christin, a religious Sister from the Holy Cross congregation I was fortunate enough to meet on a trip in 2016, implores us to help. In a video, she says the health system has flat out collapsed,” says Marie-Claude Lalonde, national director of ACN.
India in the Grip of Covid: “It is only our faith that keeps us going.” India is all over the news these days. The pandemic, which is a threat to people worldwide, has delivered a particularly hard blow to the country. ACN is actively supporting the local Church. The charity has funded around 27 projects (worth over $555,000) to support priests […]
Mass Offerings for 113 Priests in the Diocese of Tezpur The diocese of Tezpur lies in the state of Assam, in the far northeast of India, a state well known for its tea production. The 195,000 or so Catholics here make up only a tiny minority of the 84 million people in the state. Most […]
