India

Father Lourdu Anandam (65), a priest from the Archdiocese of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, was elected as the Thitf Bishop of Sivgangai Diocese in Tamil Nadu, on Thursday, September 21, 2023.

Clement said, "I will build more houses for the poor and needy and my charity will continue."

The Sagar Vani stated, “The priest became a Catholic as a teenager, and his father Ramesh Ahir and others in the family remain Hindu and live in a village near Ratona in the Sagar district.”

Father Galea said, "his heart is so full, even though my body is tired and I have lost my voice, my heart is filled with gratitude for all the Goans, all the volunteers, and all those who have attended this concert and I am going to be back because I love you.”

The meeting discussed the challenges and barriers to welcoming, protecting, promoting, and integrating migrants within the church and mainstreaming them into society at large.

United States President Joe Biden, requested one of the Indian priests to celebrate a private Mass in a luxury hotel on September 9, 2023.

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India published the Directory for Lay Catechists in Kochi, Kerala, South India, on September 12.

Archbishop Francis Kalist stressed the importance of religious vocation via personal devotion to God and prophetic witness in temptation and hardship.

Father Mathew Nellikunnel (53), CST, Bishop of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, approved by the Holy Father.

India created history as the first country to land on the moon's South Pole on the same day Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the moon's surface.

“We had a chance to share our cultures, faith and experiences with youth from Brazil, Lithuania, Bangladesh and India, and it enriches my mission in my priesthood,” Father Richard said to RVA.

Don Bosco Catholic Church, Kalyani, observed a joyful celebration of Adivasi Divas (indigenous day) and National Youth Sunday in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal on August 20.

An Indian priest had a grace-filled 17th World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Indian Catholic News Association (ICPA) will present its Louis Careno Award for Excellence in Journalism to journalist, writer, and editor Jose Kavi, according to a news release.

The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) and the SVD (Divine Word) congregation in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, central India, awarded the Swami Devanand Chakkungal Award for Hindi literature to author, journalist, and children's rights activist Joseph Anthony Gathia.

She critically analyzes the deeper aspects of Dalits’ and Tribals’ exploitation and subjugation; she has extensively written about the injustice they face on many fronts. She has also written many success stories of Dalit Christians, which had a great impact on her life itself, the press note said.

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay, led a "March for Life" against India's abortion law on August 10 in Pune, and a team delivered a memorandum supporting the rights of the unborn to local authorities.

The Vatican representative has threatened Syro-Malabar Catholic priests with ecclesiastical penalty for violating Sunday liturgical rules.

"We are all authors of Instrumentum Laboris for the XVI Ordinary Synod Assembly. All our voices have a place in the document," said Father Costa.

Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur declared Father Valerian Guemes Rodriguez, a Spanish Vincentian missionary to India, "Servant of God."