By Jessy Joseph Adilabad, April 18, 2024: Police in Telangana have arrested nine people in connection with the attack on a Catholic school in the southern Indian state, the bishop of Adilabad told Matters India April 18. Meanwhile Church groups across India have condemned a saffron-clad mob on April 16Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Adilabad, April 17, 2024: Paramilitary personnel have been deployed at a Catholic school in the southern Indian state of Telangana after right wing Hindu activists vandalized it and assaulted a priest. The attackers on April 16 accused the school management of hurting religious sentiments by questioningContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, April 17, 2024: Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, archbishop of Goa-Daman, has urged his people to refrain from undertaking a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Velankanni in Tamil Nadu a day before the general elections in Goa. “It is universally recognized, especially in a democracy,Continue Reading
Sydney, April 15, 2024: A bishop is among multiple people allegedly stabbed during a church service on April 15 night in southwest Sydney, Australia. The attack occurred at the Assyrian Orthodox Church, Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, just after 7 pm (11:30 pm Indian time). A video onlineContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Chicalim, April 14, 2024: Catholics in Goa have rejoiced after a court dismissed an eight-month-old case against a Catholic priest who had allegedly insulted Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj, the 17th century Martha king. The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on April 13 quashed the First InformationContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jharsuguda, April 12, 2024: Unidentified miscreants looted a Divine Word mission in Odisha, eastern India, after attacking four priests, teachers and workers living in the campus. The April 10 incident took place at the mission at Bagdehi, more than 20 km northeast of Jharsuguda, the headquartersContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, April 10, 2024: Catholics in India seem divided over the screening of a controversial film by a diocese in the southern Indian state of Kerala to enlighten teenagers against love jihad. A group of Catholic intellectuals, mostly those living outside Kerala, condemned the Idukki Syro-MalabarContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, April 8, 2024: Ahead of elections in April expected to bring further gains for India’s already powerful Hindu nationalist movements, Catholic bishops have issued new guidelines for schools asking students to recite the preamble to the Indian constitution, which, among other things, guarantees “liberty of belief,Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, April 7, 2024: Catholics in Goa say Pope has given them an “approachable pastor” who is “an epitome of faithful servant” as their new auxiliary bishop. The Pope on April 6 appointed Father Simião Purificação Fernandes, who is the current director of the Pastoral Institute ofContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, April 5, 2024: A front-page news published in The Indian Express on April 4 is significant from the perspective of the Catholic Church in India. Under the caption, “Recite Preamble, don’t force Christian traditions: Catholic body to its schools,” the paper highlighted a slew of guidelinesContinue Reading