Aizawl, Mar. 31, 2019: Come Monday and alcohol will not be available in Mizoram. State Excise and Narcotics Minister K. Beichhua said the MNF government had taken the step to save future generations from the menace of alcohol and drugs, and establish a clean Mizo society. Fulfilling its pre-poll promise,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Miao, March 31, 2019: Church people in Arunachal have expressed relief over the recovery of Marian statues hours after they went missing from two grottoes in the northeastern Indian state. “It is indeed a matter of great relief that both the statues have been discovered. WeContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 31, 2019: In February, the Supreme Court of India directed the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) to respond within three months to a representation seeking the redefinition of the term “minority.” The representation had been pending before the Commission for 15 months. One can understand why theContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, March 31, 2019: A remote diocese in northeastern India joined Pope Francis’ “24 Hours for the Lord” initiative. Miao diocese in Arunachal Pradesh on March 29 held Eucharistic Adoration and Sacrament of Reconciliation as part of the fifth recurrence of papal initiative. A church in everyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Miao, March 31, 2019: The Church in Arunachal Pradesh on March 31 expressed shock and anguish over vandalism of Marian grottoes at two different places in the northeastern Indian state. The grottoes belong to Itanagar and Miao, the two dioceses of the state. Statues of MotherContinue Reading
By Archbishop Felix Machado Vasai, March 31, 2019: Pope Francis’ journey to Morocco (March 30-31) takes place in the footsteps of the path traced in his visit to Abu Dhabi: “Dialogue with people of other religions is an irreversible commitment,” stated Archbishop Felix Machado, Bishop of Vasai and president ofContinue Reading
Rapid City, March 31, 2019: A former Catholic priest from India has been sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl in the US. John Praveen Itukulapati, a former Holy Spirit priest from Telangana, pleaded guilty in February to sexually touching a 13-year-old girl in theContinue Reading
Vatican, Mar 30, 2019: Pope Francis issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation on March 29 for Vatican personnel and diplomats that requires the immediate reporting of abuse allegations to Vatican prosecutors. For the first time, the law provides an explicit Vatican definition for “vulnerable people,” who are entitled to theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, March 29, 2019: Officers of the Enforcement Directorate on March 29 arrested a prominent priest of Jalandhar diocese and three others for keeping unaccounted money, an Indian news agency tweeted. Asian News International (ANI) identified the priest as Father Antony Madassery, director of Navjeevan (newContinue Reading
By Philip Mathew Puducherry, March 29, 2019: Sister Irudayam Augusta watches closely as some 40 women move their hands to create exquisite embroidery on clothes in a historic 1774 building. Augusta, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, and two of her sister colleagues manage the ClunyContinue Reading