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Holy Land sites could remain closed for Holy Week, Easter
11+ hour, 37+ min ago (220+ words) Jerusalem, March 24, 2026: Jerusalem's holiest sites could remain closed for Holy Week and Easter because of security fears over the Iran war. The 4th century Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Christ is believed to have been buried and rose from the…...
First Dalit cardinal elected to head India’s Catholic Church
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (560+ words) By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Feb 7, 2026: History was made February 7 when the Catholic Bishops" Conference of India elected Cardinal Antony Poola, archbishop of Hyderabad, as its president for a two-year term. The 64-year-old cardinal is the first Dalit prelate to…...
Former head of Assyrian Church in India dies
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (507+ words) By Matters India Reporter Thrissur, July 7, 2025: Mar Aprem Metropolitan, who had led the Assyrian Church of the East in India for five decades, died July 7 following a brief hospitalization for age-related ailments in Thrissur, Kerala. He was 85. The funeral and…...