On September 17, an Indian priest who worked for the relief and rehabilitation of the survivors of the 1999 Odisha cyclone in eastern Indian states passed away.
In the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, there is a Catholic priest, Kuriakose Vayalumkal, often known as Father Rajesh, who is widely known for his care for the destitute.
Father Rajat Ekka (61), the Parish Priest of Chainpur, from the diocese of Gumla, was found dead inside the well on October 27 morning in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, India.
Fr. Stanley Kozhichira said, “It is pure love and truth that comes to build the human relations, basic human communications through just being present to each other.”
Pope Francis has appointed Father Anthony Pascal Rebello, a Divine Word missionary priest from India, as new bishop of Francistown in Botswana in South Africa.
The Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC) have called for the immediate release of Indian priest Stan Swamy, whose incarceration the bishops likened to “the treatment meted out to Mahatma Gandhi.”
