Apr
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Via Crucis 2009: Persecutions of Christians in India
April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil S.D.B. of Guwahati, India, has been given the task of writing the meditations for this year’s Via Crucis (Way of the Cross), which is due to be presided by the Pope on the evening of Good Friday 10 April at the Colosseum in Rome.
Archbishop Menamparampil’s reflections will focus on the question [...]
Apr
7
Pontifical Acts
April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Holy Father appointed:
- Fr. Sebastian Kallupura, priest of the clergy of Patna, India, director of the Bihar Social Forum, as bishop of Buxar (area 11,298, population 9,743,835, Catholics 24,956, priests 25, religious 97), India. The bishop-elect was born in Kerala State, India in 1953 and ordained a priest in 1984.
- Fr. Paul [...]



