Multi-billion dollar port project endangers the future of fisherfolk
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Multi-billion dollar port project endangers the future of fisherfolk

KERALA (UCAN): Catholics in southern India are up in arms over a multi-billion-dollar port project…

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Archbishop seeks help for India’s rice farmers
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Archbishop seeks help for India’s rice farmers

CHANGANACHERRY (UCAN): “It is heartbreaking to see the waterlogged paddy fields and hear the cries…

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Catholic teachers in Kerala fight government discrimination
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Catholic teachers in Kerala fight government discrimination

(UCAN): The Catholic bishops in the southern Indian state of Kerala have called on the…

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Priests in Kerala admonished for flouting Covid-19 precautions
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Priests in Kerala admonished for flouting Covid-19 precautions

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM  (UCAN): Father Jacob Palackapilly, the deputy secretary-general of the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council, in…

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Church in Kerala allows cremation of Covid-19 victims

THRISSUR (UCAN): Breaking a centuries-old tradition, the Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church allowed cremation of Catholics who…

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