India

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India plenary assembly is scheduled to take place from January 28 to February 4, 2025 in Odisha, eastern India.

The Indian Church, in collaboration with the Arachudar Social Service Society, celebrated the Pongal harvest festival on January 14, 2025, in Tamil Nadu, honoring 130 municipal workers for their dedicated service to society.

Tension has gripped Udalguri district, Assam of Northeast India, after a 75-year-old Catholic Church was allegedly set on fire by miscreants on the night of January 15. The incident took place around 10:30 PM in the Ambagaon area, coinciding with the Assamese Bhogali Bihu celebrations, triggering widespread outrage.

The Commission for Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialogue (TNBC) organized the Week of prayer for Christian Unity Rally to promote unity and diversity on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at Christ Hall Seminary, Karumathur, Tamil Nadu, India.

The CRI (Goa) unit organized the 18th Major Superiors' Meeting at the Pilar Pilgrim Centre in Pilar on the theme of Pilgrims of Hope on Synodal Pathway.

“Our Call is to proclaim the Gospel to all and become the Apostles of Hope," said Simião Fernandes, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, Goda, western India.

Catholic youth leaders in India expressed approval of the ten priorities stipulated in the working document for the 36th plenary assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI).

Father John Boi's ordination ceremony was conducted at the temporary hall of Assumption Parish, presided over by Archbishop Linus Neli.

“Physicians treat patients, but ultimately, God heals,” says a newly ordained Indian priest who studied medicine before becoming a missionary.

In a groundbreaking moment, Dr. Sister Noelle Rose, a member of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC), will lead the 12-member National Service Scheme (NSS) contingent from the southern Indian state of Kerala at the Republic Day parade in Delhi on January 26

A disturbing trend of escalating violence against Christians in India has continued, with 2024 recording 834 incidents in just 366 days.

Father Felix Wilfred, an eminent theologian, scholar, and former professor at the University of Madras, passed away today in Chennai at the age of 76.

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) Commission for Bible will organize the “All India Bible Congress 2025” in South India.

The Decennial Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St. Francis Xavier concluded on Sunday, January 5th, 2025, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord.

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) on January 4 made the Working Document for its Plenary Assembly public.

St. Francis Xavier’s Training Centre for Children with Disability of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman organised a special Eucharistic celebration at St. Francis Xavier’s Training Centre in Old Goa for visually impaired individuals.

The Archdiocese of Imphal inaugurated the Jubilee Year 2025 on December 29, 2024 for the Kuki-Zo people in Lamka, Manipur, India.

On Saturday, December 28, 2024, the Diocese of Kurnool, along with St. George Church in Kosigi and Carmel Matha Church in Sunkeswari, rejoiced as 300 children received their First Holy Communion.

On December 29, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth Congregation, known as the Sancoale Sisters, celebrated the feast of their patron, the Holy Family, at their headquarters in Sancoale, Goa.

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), expressed heartfelt condolences on the demise of Dr. Manmohan Singh, a former Prime Minister of India and renowned economist and statesman.