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Pope Francis opens Holy Door to begin Jubilee at Vigil Christmas Mass at St. Peter’s

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Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, during an audience with pilgrims from Sri Lanka after a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 8, 2014. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.)

Sri Lankan cardinal bans girls from being altar servers

Dec 19
Elise Ann Allen

The flag of India. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Ahead of Christmas, Christian villagers told to leave homes in state in India

Dec 17
Nirmala Carvalho

Eluru Railway station in India. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Catholic student throws baby’s body from window in India

Dec 11
Nirmala Carvalho

Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo speaks during a briefing about the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 20, 2023. (Credit: Lola Gomez/CNS.)

New Japanese cardinal hopes his appointment is a ‘source of creating hope’

Dec 9
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Priests and laity burn a circular letter from Bishop Bosco Puthur on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (Credit: Presbyteral Council.)

Riots at churches in India over the Mass controversy in Syro-Malabar Church

Dec 4
Nirmala Carvalho

Relics of St. Francis Xavier. (Credit: Government of Goa.)

Francis Xavier is ‘an inspiration and model’ says Cardinal Tagle on feast day

Dec 3
Nirmala Carvalho

Relics of St. Francis Xavier in Goa, India. (Goa Government.)

Vatican delegation views relics of Saint Francis Xavier in Goa, India

Nov 29
Nirmala Carvalho

St. Gregory’s High School and College in Old Dhaka in Bangladesh. (Credit: Archdiocese of Dhaka.)

Rioters attack Catholic school in Bangladesh

Nov 27
Nirmala Carvalho

Mary Help of Christians Cathedral in New Ministers’ Hill in the Diocese of Kohima in Nagaland, India. (Credit: Diocese of Kohima.)

Flower Festival in India to promote tourism to Nagaland cathedral

Nov 27
Nirmala Carvalho

Relics of St. Francis Xavier. (Credit: Government of Goa.)

Relics of St. Francis Xavier shown in Goa, India

Nov 23
Nirmala Carvalho