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In a land area of 15222 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers civil districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills in Assam. Diphu is the biggest city in the diocese. Haflong is the other important...
The diocesan land area of 29, 857 square kilometers includes West Bengal's major urban centers – Kolkata, Kharagpur and Haldia port. The total population of 34,656,781 is a mix of ethnicities and...
Marian Basilica lives the memory of India’s sole Roman Catholic ruler

Marian Basilica lives the memory of India’s sole Roman Catholic ruler

Indian basilica soaked in the blood of St. Thomas, the Apostle

Indian basilica soaked in the blood of St. Thomas, the Apostle

Indian Church relishes miracles of Saint Thomas, the Apostle

Indian Church relishes miracles of Saint Thomas, the Apostle

Indian cathedral remembers Jesuit mission among tribals in eastern India

Indian cathedral remembers Jesuit mission among tribals in eastern India

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St. Gonsalo Garcia: First Indian missionary who embraced martyrdom in Japan

Gonsalo Garcia was born on Feb. 5, 1556, to a Portuguese father and Indian mother of Konkani descent, at Agashi village at Bassein (now Vasai), near Mumbai city in western India. His father was a soldier stationed at Fort Bassein, a Portuguese fort. Gonsalo received his education under the Jesuits. While assisting at the Church of the Holy of Jesus at Bassein, he developed a friendship with Jesuit Father Sebastian Gonsalves, who eventually became his lifelong mentor and guide.

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St. Pedro Calungsod, Filipino lay martyr and patron of catechists

This Filipino layman martyr saint could be rightly called the patron of infant baptism because it was after the baptism of an infant through his instrumentality that on 2nd April 1672 Pedro was martyred along with his companion missionary Fr. Diego San Vitores who baptised the infant. This infant was of a mother who got converted to Catholicism.

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St. Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino layman who became a martyr in Japan

Lorenzo Ruiz, also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, is a Filipino saint venerated in the Catholic Church. A Chinese-Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa Shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century.

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Eastern India’s once victimised Christians fear new hostilities from right wing Hindutva factions
Eastern India’s once victimised Christians fear new hostilities from right wing Hindutva factions

Christians from Eastern India’s Kandhamal district, who were victims of a 2008 sectarian riot, describe the trauma they face and the fears they have for the future in a society with an ever-increasing religious divide

Vietnam arrests 3 more Khmer Krom Buddhists
Vietnam arrests 3 more Khmer Krom Buddhists

The arrest is part of a crackdown on activists from the ethnic group to silence dissent, critics say

Indian diocese denies discrimination against elderly couple
Indian diocese denies discrimination against elderly couple

The couple was allegedly assaulted by a priest attached to Mangalore diocese during a pastoral visit

Indian nun granted bail in student suicide case
Indian nun granted bail in student suicide case

Carmelite Sister Mercy spent 51 days in jail in central Chhattisgarh state, may be released before Easter

Filipino group keeps Holy Week tradition alive with faith, emotions
Filipino group keeps Holy Week tradition alive with faith, emotions

The Penitentes and its Holy Week traditions in Palo town are as old as Christianity in the Philippines

Hong Kong pro-democracy party officially closes
Hong Kong pro-democracy party officially closes

Civic Party falls victim to a leadership vacuum attributed to the restrictive Beijing-imposed national security law

Scrapping of Easter holiday upsets Indian Christians
Scrapping of Easter holiday upsets Indian Christians

Govt move in strife-torn northeastern Manipur state seen as ‘rubbing salt in wounds’ of suffering community

Philippine Church backs Ati tribal people’s land struggle
Philippine Church backs Ati tribal people’s land struggle

Original inhabitants of Boracay Island are fighting to protect land given by government in 2018 from repossession

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