Panaji, April 30, 2019: In view of the Easter Sunday terror attacks on churches in Sri Lanka, the Goa Police has conducted a security assessment at one of Goa’s most popular church complexes in Old Goa, which houses 17th century religious structures, said a police officer on Tuesday. “We conductedContinue Reading
Kochi, April 30, 2019: Mor Baselios Thomas I has expressed his readiness to resign from his post of Catholicos of India, following infighting in the church. Mor Baselios Thomas has sent a letter to patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II expressing his readiness to resign. In theContinue Reading
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Gunmen killed 4 worshippers and a pastor in the first jihadist attack on a church in Burkina Faso, security and local sources said Monday, April 29, in the latest violence to rock the formerly peaceful west African nation. The raid on Sunday, April 28, took placeContinue Reading
By Julian S Das Pune, April 30, 2019: A group of South-Asian Jesuits has expressed the joy of rediscovering the richness of an Ignatian spiritual tradition. President of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia, Father George Pattery, called the ‘spiritual conversation’ as “a rare fruit.” Some 200 Jesuits from 19Continue Reading
By Udayanath Bishoyi Bengaluru, April 29, 2019: India’s Catholic theologians have decided to collaborate with civil organizations and people of good will to check forces of religious fundamentalism, bigotry and discrimination. Since past few decades, communal identity construction has emerged in the Indian society that undermines the country’s pluralistic nature.Continue Reading
Colombo, April 29, 2019: Sri Lankan security officials have warned that Islamist militants are planning another round of attacks and could be dressed in uniform. Meanwhile Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo and head of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, complained about insufficient security around churches. Three churches andContinue Reading
Kochi, April 29, 2019: Police in Kerala have found that the bank documents produced as evidence against Cardinal George Alencherry in the church land sale case were forged. The investigation team has also found out the cardinal has not held any bank accounts as mentioned in the documents. “The investigationContinue Reading
Colombo, April 29, 2019: Sri Lankan security officials have warned that Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday’s suicide bombings are planning attacks and could be dressed in uniform, as the archbishop of Colombo complained about insufficient security around churches. The militants were targeting five locations for attacks on Sunday just passedContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Yangon, April 29, 2019: In a freak incident of history a cardinal of a small country that has witnessed decades of conflict and natural calamities reached out in compassion not only in his own country but also beyond the confines of his continental borders, four times inContinue Reading
Hyderabad, April 29, 2019: Hyderabad’s St George’s Church on April 28 saw a rather unusual guest addressing the 300-odd Christians assembled for the morning worship service. An Imam was speaking of peace, more precisely, condemning the ghastly terror attack in Sri Lanka that killed more than 350 people, mostly ChristiansContinue Reading