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March 13, 2019

Indian bishop, guard hospitalized after 'planned attack' by parishioners

A woman prays at the Holy Family Church in Srinagar, India, Dec. 25, 2017.
NEW DELHI – A Catholic bishop was hospitalized after a group of parishioners attacked him, a security guard and a priest in a five-decade-old land dispute in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Published in International
August 20, 2018

Indian church joins relief efforts as floods, landslides wreak havoc in Kerala

Rescue workers evacuate people from flooded areas Aug. 16 after the opening of a dam following heavy rains on the outskirts of Cochin, India. The Catholic Church has joined relief efforts as unprecedented floods and landslides continue to wreak havoc in India's Kerala state, killing at least 75 people within a week.
COCHIN, India – The Catholic Church has joined relief efforts as unprecedented floods and landslides continue to wreak havoc in India's Kerala state, killing about 370 people within a week.
Published in International
July 17, 2018

Indian bishop accused in sex assault

Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, India, is pictured in an undated photo. Leading Catholic figures and laypeople have appealed to the Vatican to remove Bishop Mulakkal, who is being investigated for allegations of raping a nun.

NEW DELHI – Catholic and other leaders have urged that a bishop accused of sexually assaulting an Indian Catholic nun be removed from his position.

Published in International
July 17, 2018

India's Sr. Prema condemns trafficking, says missionary nuns not involved

An unidentified Indian woman, allegedly an employee at a home run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, is seen in police custody after she was arrested in Jharkhand, India, July 5. Anima Indwar, who worked for the nuns in Jharkhand, was handed over to police in early July after she admitted that procedures had not been followed in transferring children to Jharkhand state's Child Welfare Committee.
NEW DELHI – Facing child trafficking allegations at one of its homes for unmarried mothers in India, the Missionaries of Charity said the order condemns the actions of individuals involved and stressed that these are unrelated to the order.
Published in International
October 16, 2017

In India, schoolkids say Virgin Mary appeared amid scent of jasmine

The sun sets behind a statue of Mary on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Kochi, India – Both Hindu and Catholic schoolchildren in India claim to have witnessed an apparition of Christ and several appearances of the Virgin Mary accompanied by the scent of jasmine, the gift of contrition, and the healing of a girl’s ear problem.
Published in International
October 6, 2017

Comment: Take nothing for granted, give thanks for all things

The marketplace in Bangalore is the scene of one of Angela Saldanha's most vivid memories.

We’re all guilty to some degree, aren’t we? I mean, guilty of taking things for granted.

Published in Guest Columns