Mangalore

Amid dwindling vocations and increasing pastoral needs, the Discalced Carmelites of the Karnataka-Goa Province, India, received five new deacons on October 3.

The philosophy students of St. Joseph’s Institute of Philosophy (SJIP), studying at St. Joseph’s Interdiocesan Seminary (SJS), Jeppu, in Mangalore, took part in a Laudato Si’ Ecological Exposure Programme on August 21 at the Kanthavara Forest Base Camp, located at the foothills of the Western Ghats.

The Catholic Diocese of Mangalore has strongly condemned attempts to drag Christians into the controversy surrounding the shocking revelations of mass burials allegedly linked to the famed Dharmasthala temple in Karnataka, AsiaNews reported.