India

An Indian priest in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been washing the feet of marginalized people including women for the last 30 years on Maundy Thursday.

A Catholic priest in South India washed the feet of a Muslim, women among others, to promote interreligious harmony at the Maundy Thursday ceremony, April 14, 2022.

A lay Catholic organization in Patna, the capital of North India’s Bihar state, held an outreach program for the needy.

The new provincial of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) in North Indian Province says he will use technology to enhance missionary work.

The annual priesthood day was observed in the Archdiocese of Imphal in the northeastern state of Manipur, India on April 12, 2022.

An Archdiocese in south India and a team from the Thiruvaruperavi (Inter-Religious Leaders round Table) distributed buttermilk, water, and fruits to all Hindus attending the Madurai Kallazhagar Festival to promote religious harmony.

At least 127 incidents of violence against Christians in India were registered in the first 103 days of 2022, according to a report released by an ecumenical group in New Delhi.

A parish in Tamil Nadu, south India, organized a blood donation camp on Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022.

Joseph Pathalil, a retired bishop of the western Indian state of Rajasthan, died on April 14, 2022.

Catholics from a remote parish in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh walked 17 kilometers as part of Lenten penance on April 9, 2022.

An online orientation program about Biblical Resources for Synodality was held by the Commission for Bible in South India on April 9, 2022.

Stephen Athipozhiyil, Bishop Emeritus of Alleppey, Kerala died due to cardiac arrest on April 9, 2022.

Sister Mary Joseph: "Our love for God and our neighbor, who suffers injustice and deprivation due to the socio-economic and political system.”

Ecological activists filed a petition in the Southern National Green Tribunal to end the production of multi-layer plastic (MLP) in south India.

A Lenten retreat for Catholic couples from various villages under St. Mary’s Parish, Tuibong of northeast India’s Manipur State was held.

Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) nuns in Calcutta, eastern India provided eight cycle rickshaws to a poor family.

A day-long Lenten program was organized for the Religious of Notre Dame of the Missions (RNDM) associates on April 4, 2022, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Northern Dioceses in India highlight the importance of pastoral and human responsibility towards the migrants.

The Telugu Catholic Bishops’ Council (TCBC) held its annual meeting at St. John’s Regional Seminary, Hyderabad, Andhra, South India from March 28 to 30, 2022.

Dr Ilka Maria Ferns, a Gynecologist and Catholic, never performed an abortion during her career, even though she was a part of the Indian government’s family planning program.