Bangalore Archives

Post-COVID ‘Economy of Francis’ could benefit employees

Dec 10, 2020

A post-COVID business world could transform human resources management, a move one Catholic academic said would “equip organizations to deal with future, unpredictable, economic and social crises.”

By Nirmala Carvalho

Church builds houses for India flood victims

Sep 21, 2020

After floods devastated the Indian state of Karnataka in August 2019, thousands of people were made homeless.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Church in India celebrates Laudato Si’ Week in lockdown

May 21, 2020

Laudato Si’ week is a time to reflect on climate change and its devastating effect on India and Asia, according to the Indian bishops’ point man for ecological issues. At the same time, Bishop Alwyn D’Silva says it’s a time to look to what we want a “post-COVID” society to look like.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Archbishop in India condemns removal of Jesus statue from Christian cemetery

Mar 5, 2020

Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore has condemned the removal of a 12-foot statue of Christ from a Christian burial place in a rural district of the city by local police on Tuesday.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Day of Reparation held in India archdiocese after Eucharistic desecration

Jan 25, 2020

An archdiocese in India held a Day of Reparation on Friday after a robber at a local Catholic church scattered the Eucharist from the tabernacle.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Indian cardinal urges upholding freedom of religion guarantees

Feb 1, 2018

The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India called for upholding constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion in response to a government official’s push to separate people because of their faith.

By Anto Akkara

Touching and being touched at Sumanahalli

Aug 31, 2015

BANGALORE, India — I walked through the Ave Maria Home for leprosy patients — the halls and rooms were clean, although they were showing their age. In the TV room, patients were watching a version of the great Hindu epic, The Mahabharata, in the local language of Kannada. Others were

By mathew-schmalz