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Topic: Catholic Church

Kerala’s first nun to be declared ‘blessed’—who was Mother Eliswa Vakayil

Cardinal Sebastian Francis, the current Bishop of Penang, Malaysia, deputed by Pope Leo XIV, will preside over the event Saturday.

Kerala BJP losing favour with Church. Sangh not on board with Christian outreach

Two bishops in Kerala said that the BJP is running with the hares in the state and hunting with the hounds in Chhattisgarh.

Fate of arrested nuns to decide ties with BJP, says Kerala Catholic Church as protests intensify

Kerala BJP is under pressure after sisters Preethi Mary & Vandana Francis were arrested in Chhattisgarh last week on charges of human trafficking & forced religious conversion.

Pope Francis left behind a globalised church. Cardinals from Asia to Africa to choose his successor

The first modern pontiff to hail from anywhere but Europe, Pope Francis from Argentina, redefined Church leadership by diversifying its highest-ranking positions.

Why Kerala’s Catholic bishops are throwing their weight behind Waqf Amendment Bill

Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council has urged MPs from the state to vote in favour of the bill, reintroduced in Parliament Wednesday. At the heart of the decision is the Munambam land dispute.

For BJP, Modi-Pope meet a route to Christian votes. But Francis’ gift has the real message

Pope Francis is aware of the prevailing xenophobia in India. And so he conveyed his message to Modi through a parable. One hopes the true papal message is understood.

Taiwan being trampled under China’s foot, and UK pays tribute to murdered MP David Amess

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Stop blaming Jesuits for violence, insurgency without evidence. Indian Catholics aren’t divisive

For Jaithirth Rao, the Indian State and Hindu society are synonymous. He seems unable or unwilling to envision a pluralistic polity enshrined in our Constitution.

Hundreds more graves of indigenous children found in Canada, at another residential school now

Last month, the remains of 215 children were found in a former Kamloops residential school in British Columbia.

‘They’re taking our girls to ISIS’: How Church is now driving ‘love jihad’ narrative in Kerala

Syro-Malabar Church had in 2020 released a strong statement, claiming Christian women were becoming victims of ‘love jihad’. This is now resonating with a section of its parishioners.

On Camera

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Post-elections, Bangladesh Army shuffles top military & intel posts, defence adviser in India recalled

Orders issued by Army Headquarters reassign key operational commanders and senior intelligence officials, including the head of DGFI, the country’s premier military intelligence agency.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.