Tag: India
Pope Francis prays for victims of Indian train disaster that claimed...
Pope Francis has remembered the victims of the deadliest train crash in India in decades, which killed 275 people and injured at least 1000 on 2 June
Out of India: the Dukhrana of St Thomas
The memorial feast of St Thomas the Apostle on 3 July does not get a mention in the Ordo this year, because it falls...
India targets Missionaries of Charity funds
Critics have described the latest restriction of the Missionaries of Charity as further evidence of harassment of Christians under the Hindu nationalist government.
Brothers in arms ask for prayers for India
Sydney’s Indian priests are pleading for Catholics to pray for the sick and dying in their homeland.
‘Patients dying before my eyes,’ says India hospital director
Catholic hospitals in India are overwhelmed by the record numbers of COVID-19 patients, amid rising death.
Australian Jesuits stand with Fr Stan
Australian Jesuits are joining international outcry in solidarity with Fr Stan Swamy SJ
Mother Teresa of Kolkata’s birthday remembered
Missionaries of Charity nuns in India celebrated the birthday of their order's founder, St. Teresa of Kolkata, three years after her canonisation, breaking a...
Bishop Richard Umbers: The business of making babies
Early last week, the Australian published an article (‘Kenya a new surrogacy source’, 3 June 2019) by Legal Affairs Correspondent, Nicola Berkovic, drawing attention...
Evacuation saves lives in India
Cyclone Fani failed to claim many lives, thanks to early evacuations carried out by Caritas in India.
Fr Bob’s 60 years in India a labour of love
Fr Bob Slattery SJ is an Australian who has dedicated his life to serving thousands of India's untouchables.
