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
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
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
Philipose Mar Chrysostom, the senior most metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church and one of Kerala’s oldest men, celebrated his 102nd birthday April 27. The bishop, who was awarded the Padma Bhushan last year, was born in 1918. Although he has now retired, Chrysostom even now participates inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Cebu, April 25, 2019: More than 16,000 pilgrims are attending this week the Philippines’ largest gathering of Catholic youth in Cebu, Southern Philippines. Archbishop Jose Palma of Cebu welcomed the delegates to the upcoming National Youth Day (NYD) 2019 being held in Cebu, April 23-28. “WeContinue Reading
Adilabad, April 25, 2019: For the first time in centuries, Adivasis of the sleepy Saleguda village in Indervelli mandal of Adilabad district did not feast in the open as part of ‘gav saat’ puja, which is meant to appease seven mother goddesses for safeguarding them from summer-related diseases. The deathContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, April 24, 2019: A faulty electronic voting machine on April 23 prevented Syro Malabar Major Archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry from voting. The cardinal arrived at 6:45 am at his booth to cast his vote. Polling was scheduled to begin at 7 am. “He was theContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 22, 2019: The Delhi Police have strengthened security in churches across the capital in the wake of bomb blasts at three churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that claimed the lives of 290 people and left more than 500 injured during Easter celebrations on Sunday. AContinue Reading
Panaji, April 22,2019: The Archdiocese of Goa on April 20 appeared to defend a priest whose remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others had triggered a row and invited scrutiny by the Election Commission. In a release issued on April 20, the church said: “In the light of recentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, April 22, 2019: The Indian Catholic Forum has expressed deep shock and dismay at the wanton killings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday morning. Almost 300 people were killed on April 21 in bomb blasts in three churches and various hotels frequented by foreigners inContinue Reading