Fr Ivan Madtha of Mangalore diocese received the prestigious National Excellence Award 2011 from Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI) at a function organised at Trichur in Kerala. The award is given to a Catholic priest for exceptional services rendered to the society at large.
The award is given once in five years.Addressing the gathering after presenting the award, former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde said the self-less service that we render to the community is proportionate to serving the God. “I have done my schooling in Christian schools and I can say that these institutions serve the community well.”  read more »

Six people have been arrested for harassing a priest and then setting fire to his motorcycle in Kerala’s Thalassery archdiocese, Kerala.  read more »

KOCHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the case in which the palm of Thodupuzha Newman College professor T J Joseph was chopped off, has collected evidence of forign extremists funding.NIA has issued an alert in all airports in the country to track the four main accused in the case.
The Kerala state police had conducted a detailed probe into the case and filed chargesheets against 27 accused. The investigation was taken over by the NIA after it was strongly suspected that the incident had terrorist involvement and that foreign extremist agencies had funded the attack  read more »

Kochi: Mar George Alanchery has been selected as the new major archbishop of Syro Malabar church.Global council of Indian Christians(GCIC) congratulated new major Archbishop for being elected to the coveted position in the Indian church. Mar Geroge replaces Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil, who died months back. Alencherry was chosen by 46 bishops through voting. The announcement came at the same time in Vatican and Kochi.  read more »

Sultanbathery- Kerala (20- 04-2011): Eva. Joseph serves the Lord through the El Shadai Ministry of Nilambur. On Wednesday, 20-04-2011, he set out in his Maruthi car along with three more brothers belonging to his ministry, to distribute Christian literature and copies of the New Testament to those who wish to know more about the teachings of Jesus Christ.  read more »

Despite the government's efforts to foster communal harmony, "low police to population ratio, corruption, and an overburdened and antiquated court system", violations of religious freedom exist in India, a U.S. report has said.
While legal protections against violations of religious freedom exist in India, corruption and a lack of sufficient trained police led to the law not always being enforced rigorously, according to a recently released report by the State Department of the United States.The International Religious Freedom Report 2010, the State Department said that despite government efforts to foster communal harmony, extremist groups continued to view “ineffective investigation and prosecution of attacks on religious Christian minorities” as a signal that they could commit such violence with impunity.  read more »