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The Catholic Diocese appealed to the community to return to the authentic spiritual message of the festival and shun its commercialisation

The Loreto Convent school and college, a premier institution for girls in Lucknow, is celebrating 150 years of the Loreto Sisters' first visit to the Uttar Pradesh capital.The school, which has seen several generations of women pass through its ...

Indian Catholics back pope's new ministry for catechists Bishop Mathias says lay catechists are the 'foot soldiers' who spread the first message of Christianity Sanjay Tirkey says being a catechist is a vocation. (Photo supplied) Indian Catholics have welcomed the news that Pope Francis has created a lay ministry to encourage greater participation of men and women in spreading the Catholic faith. The papal letter Antiquum Ministerium (Ancient Ministry) was released on May 11 in eight languages. “We wholeheartedly thank the Holy Father and welcome the gesture by him for recognizing our foo...

Indian state passes anti-conversion bill Bishop Mathias concerned that Uttar Pradesh's minority groups will be targeted by new legislation Catholics pray during a Good Friday service at an East Delhi church in April 2019. (Photo: Bijay Kumar Minj/UCA News) A law to curb religious conversions done by force and fraudulent means was passed amid protests on Feb. 24 in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2020, will replace an ordinance passed last November. The bill has a provision of imprisonment for up to 10 years and...