By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 1, 2023: The Catholic bishops in India have urged the federal and Madhya Pradesh governments to stop “the age old bogey of conversion” to repeatedly tarnish “the dedicated services” of its people. “The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) is deeply saddened at theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, May 30, 2023: Road accidents have claimed the lives of a Catholic priest and a nun in two separate incidents in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Father Manoj (Abraham) Ottaplackal was killed on the spot and three other priests were wounded May 29 whenContinue Reading
By Joseph Victor Edwin Ooty, May 29, 2023: A document coauthored by Pope Francis and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El Tayeb has inspired the participants of two seminars to launch human fraternity forums to promote peace and the art of living together. People from various walks of life,Continue Reading
By Felix Anthony Namphai, May 25, 2023: In its efforts to fight drug and substance abuse among young people in Arunachal Pradesh, the diocese of Miao has opened a deaddiction facility for girls and women. “Drug menace is a big problem across Arunachal Pradesh and it feeds on the futureContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, May 22, 2023: A top court in western India has lifted prohibition imposed on a Christian couple to preach their religion upholding the constitutional right of a citizen to practice and profess one’s religion. The May 19 order of the Goa bench of Bombay HighContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, May 19, 2023: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church has termed as “a shame” the increasing cases of wild animals killing humans in the southern Indian state of Kerala. “Incidents of wild animals entering villages and killing and injuring humans are on theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, May 19, 2022: A former Catholic priest who had fought for Goa’s causes won a case against an illegal construction eight years after his death. Bismarque Dias, who was known as Goa’s activist priest, had protested against a string of controversial, land intensive projects acrossContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 16, 2023: As normalcy has limped back to Manipur, Churches have taken stock of the damages they have suffered during the four-day mayhem that ravaged the northeastern Indian state. According to a list published by the Churachandpur District Christian Goodwill Church, as many asContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 16, 2023: Jesuit lawyer Father Santhanam Arokiasamy on May 16 proposed a three-fold legal assistance to the victims of the recent violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Father Arokiasamy, who is the convener of the National Lawyers Forum of Priests and ReligiousContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, May 13, 2023: Church people in Karnataka have welcomed the results of the just concluded assembly elections in the state as a “sign of hope” and people’s “befitting response” to their dissatisfaction, fear and anger. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that ruled theContinue Reading