Two Indian men were arrested on Monday over an attack on a college teacher who had his hand cut off for setting an exam question that allegedly insulted Muslims, police said.
Senior priest Reverend Monsignor George Njaralakatt will be ordained as the first Bishop of the newly set up Syro-Malabar diocese of Mandya on April 7.
The Church in Kerala has decided to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the liberation struggle that brought down the first ever democratically elect communist government in the world.
the southwestern Indian state that has been a Catholic stronghold since its evangelization by St. Thomas the Apostle-- are warning the faithful not to take part in Pentecostal prayer groups that %u201Cteach that evil spirits would come to us if we use som
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, the veteran CITU leader said that the Church should support the existing trade unions, instead of forming its own labourer organisations.
The Kerala Catholic Bishops%u2019 Council revealed its plans in a May Day message read during April 26 Sunday services in parishes across the state and picked up widely by the local media.
Mushrooming of independent Catholic sects has become a major concern for the Church of late for they have the potential to pose as a threat to the authority and stability of the Church in future.
Unidentified men thrashed Kerala MLA%u2019s daughter and abducted a Muslim teenager from Mahaveer Circle (Pumpwell Circle) in Mangalore on Friday evening.
But these days the Indian prelates have reason to reconsider their generosity. With India modernizing at breakneck speed, more young men are choosing financial gain over spiritual sacrifice.
