Odisha

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.

A mob of 2000 people attacked Christians in a village in the eastern Indian state of Odisha on June 21.

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.

At 90, an Indian priest dreams of making a documentary film on the Odisha Famine of 1866.

A Requiem Mass for Pope Francis was celebrated this morning at St. Catherine’s Convent Chapel in Raikia, Kandhamal, Odisha, paying tribute to the late Pontiff’s remarkable legacy on April 27.

In a moving display of love and reverence, nearly a thousand students from St. Catherine’s Girls’ High School and Bijay High School gathered in Raikia, Kandhamal to pay tribute to Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at Casa Santa Marta, Vatican City.

In the eastern Indian state of Odisha, police officers beat up at least two Catholic priests severely and looted the church on March 22.

In a shocking case of religious discrimination, two Christian families in Siunaguda village, Beheda Panchayat, under Umorkot Police Station in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district, have been systematically deprived of public utilities and basic rights for refusing to renounce their faith and reconvert to Hinduism on March 29.

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.

Christian families in Odisha's Nabarangpur district are facing severe discrimination as they are being denied burial rights unless they re-convert to Hinduism.

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.

In 1993, amidst the serene yet socially restricted village of Kurtamgarh in the Kandhamal district of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, a girl was born into a world where education for girls and women was considered a privilege rather than a right.

A footpath Bangles seller’s daughter has become a model for the marginalized and economically backward people by becoming an OAS (Odisha Administrative Service) in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

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.

“You should be a listening leader, ready for the service of the poor, needy, and underprivileged,” said Manjali

Father Parichha stated, "We have to wait and see how Pradhan can help us because most politicians' hands are tied by their respective parties.”

The Dantoling Marian shrine, established in 1917 by French Missionaries in the present Berhampur diocese, 179 km southwest of Odisha state capital Bhubaneswar, attracts thousands of faithful from many states in India.

“His poverty did not deter him from his determination to achieve something big. Now Susanto Beero, is a good example for our young people to pray and dream big coupled with strong determination, perseverance and hard work that one can `move mountains’,” said Father Alwyn Michael Joseph D’Souza

Jajati Nayak died at the age of 72 after 55 years of service as a catechist in Odisha, the Eastern state of India, on December 17. Under his leadership, the faith life of the Christians of Kerubadi was strengthened and produced 9 Religious Sisters, including his daughter Sister Anjali Nayak, The Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa (CSST) and 6 Priests, including his younger brother priest Dusmant Nayak.