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Indian Church to observe ‘day of prayer and fasting’ amid growing religious polarization

February 12, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Indian Catholics bishops pray at the closing of the their Feb. 7, 2024, conference. / Credit: Anto Akkara

Bangalore, India, Feb 12, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The Catholic Church in India has called for observing March 22 as a “day of prayer and fa… […]

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Half a million Catholics in India petition government for better living conditions

February 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A man tends to his goats in a village in Kerala, India. / Credit: Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Feb 6, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Hundreds of thousands of Indian Catholics are petitioning the government to improve living conditions there.The Syro-Malabar… […]

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Violence against Christians in India addressed at Catholic bishops’ conference

February 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

The 36th biennial assembly of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), with over 180 bishops in attendance, got underway in Bangalore on Jan. 31, 2024. / Credit: CBCI

Bangalore, India, Feb 1, 2024 / 11:50 am (CNA).
The Vatican’s top diplom… […]

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New leader of Syro-Malabar Church faces daunting task as dissenting priests remain defiant

January 31, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil, the new archbishop of the divided Syro-Malabar Church in India, has been well received by the faithful and civic leaders alike, but there is no sign that the differences over the liturgy that have split his Chur… […]

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India’s Modi hosts Christian leaders for Christmas amid rising persecution

December 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts a Christmas gathering with Christian leaders, including Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai and Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto, at his residence in New Delhi on Dec. 25, 2023. / Credit: Prime Minister of Indi… […]

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Papal Christmas deadline over Syro-Malabar rift is met, but Indian archdiocese simmers

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

More than 4,000 faithful attended the celebration of the Christmas Mass at the St. George Parish in the suburb of Edappally, India. / Credit: Anto Akkara

Kochi, India, Dec 28, 2023 / 14:35 pm (CNA).
While most of the approximately 350 parishes … […]

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Dissenting priests in Syro-Malabar Church protest Pope Francis’ Christmas deadline 

December 20, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

A liturgy at St. Mary’s Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church, Arakuzha, India. / Achayan via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bangalore, India, Dec 20, 2023 / 17:50 pm (CNA).
Tensions are rising within the Syro-Malabar Church in the Indian state o… […]

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Pope Francis accepts resignation of head of Syro-Malabar Church, Cardinal Alencherry

December 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

Cardinal George Alencherry preaches at St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam, India, on Palm Sunday 2021. / Credit: Esthappanos Bar Geevarghese via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

CNA Staff, Dec 7, 2023 / 14:35 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on Thursday ac… […]

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Refugees of ethnic clash in India find open arms in majority-Christian state

December 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Caleb Laldawngsanga leads refugees from violence-torn Manipur in the praying of a rosary. / Credit: Anto Akkara

Aizawl, India, Dec 6, 2023 / 17:05 pm (CNA).
Thousands of ethnic Kuki Christians are still struggling to restart life after b… […]

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Pope Francis appoints delegate to resolve Syro-Malabar liturgical dispute in India

August 10, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

A St. Thomas Christian cross at the installation of Mar Joseph Srampickal at Preston North End stadium, England, on Oct. 9, 2016. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Rome Newsroom, Aug 10, 2023 / 03:23 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has appointed Slovak Archb… […]

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