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"The Telugu Bishops have trusted me to run this Catholic TV channel. I will have to inject both theory and practice into my responsibility to bring in a certain professionalism. I never expected this to happen. The credit goes to Cardinal Anthony Poola, President of TCBC, and the Bishops of TCBC, and I am told to take charge by May 31," said the 59-year-old Father Ignacimuthu, a member of the Andhra Jesuit Province.

"We shared our anxieties regarding our mission work in north India, which religious fundamentalists are hindering," said Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar church.

Pope appoints Cardinal Filipe Neri as a member of the Section for Fundamental Issues of Evangelization in the World (New Evangelization) of the Dicastery for Evangelization.

Cardinal Ranjith stated, "We regret that the government has failed to investigate the relationship between military intelligence and Saharan's terrorist group."

"Jubilee means it's time to take a break, look back, thank and praise God, and evaluate your successes, failures, and achievements," said Bishop Gervas.

The Atmadarshan Media Studies (AMS), Indore, in collaboration with the St. Paul Institute of Professional Studies (SPIPS), commenced the second batch of media studies on “Film Production.”

Pope Francis appointed Father Joseph Kallarackal (59) as Bishop of Jaipur on Saturday, April 22, 2023.

"With all Catholics in the Jakarta Archdiocese, I sincerely and gratefully want to wish a happy Eid al-Fitr 1 Shawwal 1444 Hijriah to my Muslim brothers and sisters in Indonesia,” Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo

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"I hope the perpetrators face the maximum punishment so that it can be a deterrent to others," said Fr. Vinsensius Darmin Mbula, chairman of The National Council of Catholic Education.

Belinda Pereira, an Indian Catholic woman, was among the recipients of the 3rd Mother Teresa Award on April 16 in Mumbai, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra

The Church in Cambodia mourned the death of a Malaysian Catholic communicator.

"There is no problem with having a person from a different church teach a different religion. If two souls can't join together, God's order isn't followed." Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, CSC.

In Augustine's flat, a bullet shot through an open window and struck him while he was talking to his son.

Archbishop told RVA, “It is our responsibility as spiritual leaders to keep our faithful in spiritual harmony.”

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Father Timothy Ploch said, "Salesian missionaries in India and around the globe provide educational programs for women so they can find employment and become self-sufficient, which aids their families and communities.”

"We must stand up for those who are oppressed and marginalized, and work to eliminate the systemic forces that keep people in poverty and suffering and bury the innocents before their death," the Cardinal said.

"We are badly needing huge trees like Acacia Trees because of the damaging effects of global warming and climate change. The cutting of four huge Acacia Trees is a big loss not only for this generation but for many generations to come," said Bishop Uy.

John Paul II described it as the "voice of Asian Christianity" when he visited in 1981. In his Ecclesia in Asia, an apostolic exhortation in 1999 after the Special Synod in Rome the year before, he said the radio station was an "excellent instrument of mission."