Frank Krishner, RVA News

Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Telesphore Bilung of Ranchi as the new bishop of Jamshedpur in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.

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While Catholics worldwide go to the cemeteries to pray for their dear departed on November 2, Nepali Christians adhere to a different way of revering their dead in a 'columbaria.'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Pope Francis to India after a one-on-one meeting in Vatican City on October 30.

According to local media reports in India, the Karnataka government has put on hold a proposal to survey official and unofficial churches and 'Bible societies'. The government is waiting for the verdict of the state High Court on a public interest suit filed in this regard.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace on Saturday, October 30, according to the Vatican. The meeting includes a 30-minute discussion between the Indian Prime Minister and the head of the Catholic Church.

Archbishop Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, conferred the Pallium on the Metropolitan Archbishop Sebastian Kallupura of Patna, at the St. Joseph's pro-Cathedral on October 23.

Three seminarians in Nigeria were abducted during a violent attack by bandits on October 11 and were released on October 13.

A prominent and retired Church of England bishop once tipped to become a future Archbishop of Canterbury has been received into the Catholic Church and is set to be ordained as a deacon on October 28, and a priest on October 30 this year.

Christians in the Kurdistan region of Iraq have a reason to celebrate. October 4 was a historic day. Iraqi Prime Minister announced to form the biggest district of Christians in the Middle East.