Nirmala Carvalho

The event has been in the making since 2018. A eucharistic adoration was held every Sunday; retreats, vigils and cultural and religious competitions were also organised. The parish of 3,000 highlights the faith and fervour of tribal Christians.

The half-destroyed images were found in the church enclosure of the Rev. John Britto, near Coimbatore. The complaint came from a neighbor who alerted the Hindu radicals. Sajan K George: "More and more often extremists are venting violence on pastors and faithful".

2 November Fr. Alex D’Mello celebrated three liturgies in some mountain areas of the Diocese of Sindhudurg. The cemeteries are located near the rivers and were flooded; graves and crosses washed away by the current. "It was a magnificent Eucharist".

As the largest on the Maharashtra coast and one of the oldest in India, the parish is home to people who “live the Gospel values in every walk of life”. Vocations to the priestly and consecrated life are up. Catechumens share the Bible with zeal and devotion. Fishermen also pray at sea.

Rev Bryan Nerren was taken into custody in Siliguri and his passport seized. He is the founder of Asian Children’s Education Fellowship, an NGO that has taught catechists in India and Nepal for 17 years. In 2015, the group raised thousands of dollars for the victims of the earthquake that devastated the Himalayan country.

The awards ceremony will be held on 3 November. This year prizes went to individuals and associations fighting modern forms of slavery, including an Indian who saved 72,000 victims of trafficking and an NGO that freed 30,000 slave workers in Karnataka.

The ceremony took place in Prarthanalaya, a place of worship for the congregation. The chapel was filled with traditional lamps used for the festival of lights. Blessed James Alberione: "Piety is above all Eucharistic. Everything flows from the Master in the Eucharist, as from a spring that gives life ".

The "Ghar wapsi" campaign was carried out by the local cell of the Hindu nationalist party in government. About 500 Christians convinced to take an oath to the Hindu religion and to promise not to go to church anymore.

Fr Stan Swamy, 83, is a Jesuit who is fighting for the rights of tribals and against the expropriation of their forests. The confiscation order was justified for his absence at the hearing of the trial against him. Activists: "The government wants to quell dissent".

Clare D’Mello is a member of the Catholic Nurses Guild. Her "weapons" are her smile, prayer and blessed hands. The nurse starts her shift every day with a prayer for the sick, even non-Christians: "It is not to convert, but to heal".

Sr Lucy Kalappura was expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation last August. For her superiors, she broke the rules of the community. The Apostolic Nuncio, Mgr Giambattista Diquattro delivered the note. Mgr Franco Mulakkal is on trial charged with the rape of a nun.

The initiative of the Diocese of Sindhudurg is inspired by that of Goa and Daman, who published the first Romi Konkani translation in the language. 8 thousand copies were printed for distribution to villages and cities. The text will renew the spirit of the Christian community in the extraordinary missionary month.