A prayer service was held on August 14, 2025, at Our Lady of Charity Parish, Kandhamal, in the Indian state of Odisha, to honor the memory of Emeritus Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, SVD, of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, on his 9th death anniversary
On July 6, 2025, about 500 faithful, including three Catholic priests and a deacon, took part in a Thanksgiving Mass to mark the inauguration of Sugadabadi, located in Kandhamal District, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, as a new mission station.
On the fifth anniversary of the deadly Galwan Valley clash, the Catholic community in Odisha’s Kandhamal district remembered and honored one of their own, Chandrakanta Pradhan, the only Catholic among the 20 Indian soldiers who died defending the nation in 2020 at Bearpanga, Odisha, on June 16.
Christians in Odisha are facing renewed threats to their right to religious identity and freedom of movement, following a disturbing incident involving a nun and four young women.
A newly built church on the very site where a Christian teacher was burnt alive during the 2008 anti-Christian violence has rekindled hope and faith among Christians in Kandhamal district of Odisha, eastern India, on May 26.
Odisha’s Christian community was left in shock after the Holy Family Church in Titlagarh Parish, Diocese of Sambalpur, was desecrated on the night of March 22.
Thirty students from a minority community in Odisha seek help and assistance from Jesus through Mother Mary as they prepare for their board exams on February 22.
The Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India, celebrated its Golden Jubilee celebrations with a solemn Eucharistic celebration on February 6, 2025, at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish grounds in Daringbadi, Kandhamal district.
The sixth National Women’s Conference of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) brought together 453 women leaders from 132 dioceses across India.
