News tagged with "andhra-pradesh"

Christians protest MP’s “useless” statement

Church people in Andhra Pradesh are protesting a parliamentarian’s statement that Christians are “useless” for politics.
The Andhra Pradesh Federation of Churches (APFC) has “strongly condemned” the public statement of V. Hanumantha Rao, a Congress member of Rajyasabha, the upper house of parliament.
In a reported comment on Aug. 23 the parliamentarian said that those who read [...]

SC upholds Muslim quota

Church people have welcomed the Supreme Court upholding a southern Indian state’s decision to set job quotas for Muslims.
“We welcome the court decision,” Father Anthoniraj Thumma, who heads an ecumenical forum in Andhra Pradesh state, told UCA News.
On March 25, the apex court in an interim order lifted a lower court stay on the Andhra [...]

Church group helps free 15 minor girls

A Salesian-managed child helpline and some railway officials in Bangalore  yesterday rescued 15 minor girls, who were brought to work in a garment factory.
Railway authorities, who saw the group of anxious girls from Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, alerted the police and the child helpline. Preliminary inquiry revealed they were bought and then brought for work, said [...]

Muslim quota squashed, Christians upset

Church people in Andhra Pradesh are dismayed over the state’s top court scrapping a quota system for Muslims in education and government jobs.
“Canceling the quota is unjustified,” Archbishop Marampudi Joji of Hyderabad, who heads the Catholic Church in the southern Indian state, told UCA News today [Feb. 9].
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Feb. 8 [...]

Hundreds walk to Visakh Marian shrine

Some 1,800 Marian devotees walked 33 kilometers to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows in in Visakhapatnam.
The “penitential pilgrimage” started at 8.30 a.m. on Feb. 6 from St. Peter’s Cathedral in Visakhapatnam, a port town in Andhra Pradesh state. They reached a Marian shrine on Kondababa hill eight hours later.
Christians and Hindus along the [...]

Andhra to support Christians

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah has promised to support Christians through special schemes.
Rosaiah and a group of Christian leaders interacted at a tea party the government hosted for the community leaders ahead of Christmas Dec. 21 in Hyderabad.
Carols and Christmas messages punctuated the program attended by Christian politicians and leaders.
The Christian leaders used the [...]

Vizag Marian feast draws thousands

Thousands of people, including Hindus and Muslims, joined Catholics from Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Orissa to celebrate a popular Marian feast in Visakhapatnam archdiocese.
The Dec. 8 feast of Immaculate Conception of Mary was preceded by novena, or nine day prayer, at the Marian shrine at Ross Hill in Kondagudi area of Visakhapatnam, a port town [...]

Church torched in Telangana violence

Demonstrations demanding a separate statehood for Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh saw intense violence across the region, with mobs targeting even a church.
The demand for statehood turned violent during the 48-hour general strike called by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) on Dec. 7. Reports said five more people committed suicide during the strike, taking the [...]

Missioner’s detention condemned

Christian advocacy groups have condemned the arrest of an Australian missioner in Andhra Pradesh on charges of engaging in conversion activities.
Paul Jemison was arrested on Nov. 24 in Adilabad “on false charges of forceful conversion,’ reported the Global Council of Indian Christians and the All India Christian Council, two ecumenical forums.
The missioner was dragged to [...]

Salesians in Andhra Pradesh

The Salesians of Don Bosco continue to make a meaningful and relevant impact on the life of children and youth in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India through their active involvement in the formation and propagation of the novel concept of Childrens’ Parliament.

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