Matters India reporter New Delhi, August 29, 2019: At the Community Radio Awards ceremony organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with One World Foundation India, 3 Church run community radio stations bagged 5 out of 30 awards given under five categories for the years 2018 andContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, August 29, 2019: The centenary celebrations of All India Catholic Union (AICU) were held on August 24 in New Delhi.While reading reports about the event, certain questions flashed in my mind. Arvind Kejriwal, the head of Aam Aadmi Party and the chief Minister of Delhi,Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Manila, August 28, 2019: On August 27, the Kottayam Principal Sessions Court announced a landmark judgement convicting 10 persons to double life sentences for the death of Kevin P Joseph some 15 months ago. The 23-year-old Dalit Christian man was abducted and murdered on May 26, 2018,Continue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata, August 28, 2019: A secular group in West Bengal state’s South 24 Parganas district has put up a statue of Mother Teresa at the heart of a village market to uphold secularism. An inter-religious gathering on August 27 watched as the statue of the world renownedContinue Reading
The Indian Bazaar is a huge fête and community event which supports the works of Jesuit Mission. Kindly hosted by St Ignatius’ College, (alias “Riverview”) in Lane Cove, the Bazaar will be held on September 14. All proceeds help empower our vulnerable brothers and sisters overseas to live full andContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 28, 2019: One more witness has turned hostile in the sensational Sister Abhaya murder case. Fourth witness Sanju P. Mathew changed his stance in the court on Aug. 27. Sanju had earlier told the investigation team that he had seen the scooter of Father Thomas Kottoor, the keyContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug. 28, 2019: The Orthodox Church will move Supreme Court against the Kerala government’s directive to submit its original constitution in the ongoing dispute case. The Orthodox Church will move the apex court citing that the government’s directive amounted to gross contempt of court. Meanwhile, the Orthodox ChurchContinue Reading
Kochi, Aug 28: The Archdiocesan Protection Council (APC) and For Laity Movement (Almaya Munnettam), the two organisations of priests and lay persons of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese of Syro-Malabar Church have repeated the call for Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church to relinquish all administrative responsibilities of the archdiocese takingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, August 28, 2019: The Syro-Malabar Synod, the Oriental Catholic Church’s apex body, has justified the dismissal of a nun by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, and deplored what it says is the interference of outside forces in the internal affairs of a religious congregation. The synodContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, August 27, 2019: A Bangalore-based NGO provided a food kit for ten days to 1,400 flood affected families in Kerala’s Wayanad district. The Project Vision under the banner of ‘Bangalore Cares for Kerala’ supplied the kits on August 26 and 27. Unprecedented floods have alsoContinue Reading