Santosh Digal

In September, landslides and mudslides have killed more than 300 people in India and Pakistan. The catholic association has built temporary shelters, set up medical camps and distributed non-perishable kits.

Mgr John Barwa reflects on the upcoming World Mission Sunday (19 October), stressing the urgency of the mission ad gentes to make Christ known to all nations, as well as the importance of knowing and understanding the suffering that affects our brothers and sisters in faith.

The Indira Gandhi Open University has taken this decision due to lack of funds. For John Dayal, secretary general of the All India Christian Council (AICC), terms the decision "reprehensible." The chair offered courses on HIV / AIDS, family education, substance abuse and philosophy.

The bishop Kishor Kumar Kujur invites the clergy and laity of the diocese to redouble efforts ahead of World Mission Sunday (19 October 2014).

Fr. Faustine L. Lobo invites the community to live October, "according to the guidelines laid down in Ad Gentes". He calls for a thorough study of the conciliar decree and the development of a "planned strategy" to give new impetus to evangelization. Witness and unity of the universal Church: "We are all part of the same effort".

John Dayal, a human rights activist, looks at the situation of couples and families today, including the threat of Hindu extremism (Hindutva), in the education of children, Catholic ones as well. He stresses the beauty of marriage between man and woman, and is open to communion for homosexuals.

The social arm of the Catholic Church in India has launched a series of initiatives. The president of the Bishops' Conference (CBCI) offers "our prayers and our condolences to those who lost their lives and their property in these devastating floods." About 2,500 villages are still inaccessible.

With the help of Couples for Christ (CFC), Mgr John Barwa wants to renew family life. Ministering to the family, he says, should "spread into every corner of society."

A "Sunday of solidarity" was held for persecuted Christians around the world. For archbishop of Bangalore, silence means "to be complicit in these acts of violence against humanity."

The new university is the first "digital" university in the country, the first Catholic university in the state and the fourth in India. It aims to have a leading position in a research-oriented universities, which generates and disseminates knowledge for the benefit of all. Imitating Christ as a model of wisdom for young people in the service of justice, peace, truth, and to build a civilization of love.

A group of radicals threaten a catechist and his father in the village of Gudrikia. The area suffered major damages in the 2008anti-Christian pogrom. Since then, the local Christian minority has been living in fear.

In an interview with AsiaNews, Fr Anbu Augustine, procurator of Sadbhavana, a house dedicated to religious traditions, describes his mission, which is the dialogue between Islam and Christianity as well as ecumenism.