Tension has gripped Udalguri district, Assam of Northeast India, after a 75-year-old Catholic Church was allegedly set on fire by miscreants on the night of January 15. The incident took place around 10:30 PM in the Ambagaon area, coinciding with the Assamese Bhogali Bihu celebrations, triggering widespread outrage.
Sister Prema Chowallur, a member of Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod (SCC), initiates to help the LGBTQ (an umbrella term for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community in Assam, a state in Northeastern India.
The new Assamese Bible (Catholic Edition) was released on February 14, 2022, at Don Bosco Institute (DBI), Guwahati, by Archbishop John Moolachira in the presence of Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil.
