Nirmala Carvalho

Renuka Singh is elected to the ranks of the Hindu nationalist ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Chhattisgarh. In Madhya Pradesh there is a strict anti-conversion law that provides for severe penalties for tribal conversions. Christians in all of India are just 2.3%.

The Diocese of Bellary has decided to dedicate 2020 to the mission. A regional convention of young people will be held in Karnataka on 24-27 October centred on ‘Young people caring for the earth for a better world’. The diocese makes recommendations to fully live Pope Francis’s invitation to the "outgoing" Church.

The meeting was organized by the archdiocese and the Salesian community. A video was shown which explains the meaning of the Missionary Month, wanted by Pope Francis to renew missionary zeal and mission ad gentes.

The Holy Hour on the first Friday of the month was led by Mgr John Rodrigues, rector of the basilica. God, he said, “is asking you not simply to go through life, but to give life; not to complain about life, but to share in the tears of all who suffer.”

Bishop Felix Machado led the inaugural Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in Papdy. The “Pope warned us that we should never impose the faith of the Church on anyone," he said, for “people are drawn by Jesus, not proselytising”.

The cloistered life does not isolate the nuns but "places them at the heart of the Church ". Nun remembers the constant prayer of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus: ‘Draw me to you. We shall run after you’. “Invisible ties unite her to Jesus and His people; ties that constitute her greatness but which at the same time impose an immense responsibility of love.”

The Bandra Institute (Mumbai) is part of the Welfare Society for Destitute Children founded by Fr. Anthony Elenjimittam. The Dominican priest was one of the last disciples of the Mahatma, the 150th anniversary of whose birth is tomorrow.

Pope Francis will elevate the religious to the altars of the saints on October 13th. The Indian nun is the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family. Of noble origins, she dedicated her life to the poor. The prime minister's positive comment is an opening towards the Christian minority, the target of the Hindu radicals especially since he is in power.

Work on the convent of Our Lady of Fatima began in December 2016. The then bishop Yvon Ambroise had inaugurated the site. Construction had reached the roof. At the moment the sisters live in a house given by another order. Abbess: "The structure is not safe and is not suited to our monastic lifestyle".

Sr Martha Mondal is the founder of the Helper of Jesus Sisters and the Sneha Sagar (Ocean of Love) Society, which takes in street children, HIV-positive children, and women with mental disorders. Novices "read and meditate on the Word of God, moulding themselves to be followers of Jesus.”

Buddhadev Nayak, a former fugitive, has ties to Dara Singh, the main accused of the murder of the Australian missionary and his two young children. Sajan K George: "The arrest confirms the affiliations with the Hindu militant organizations".

The Archbishop of Vasai supports the ‘Document on Human Fraternity’ signed in Abu Dhabi. Asserting the importance of dialogue between religions "does not mean renouncing one's own identity". Pope Francis "is not changing any Catholic doctrine". At the same time, “The encounter with the religious other is an undeniable reality and it is important to insist on listening to the experience of the other.”