By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 21, 2023: Joseph Anthony Gathia, an author, journalist, and children’s rights campaigner, has been chosen for the Swami Devanand Chakkungal award for Hindi Literature instituted by the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) and sponsored by the Indore province of the Divine Word congregation.Continue Reading

By Matters India Reporters Kochi, Aug 20, 2023: Almost 95 percent parishes under the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese offered the Sunday Masses on August 20 with the priest facing the congregation, rejecting the papal delegate’s order to follow the synod method or face excommunication, claim the dissidents. “The Ernakulam Archdiocese has completelyContinue Reading

By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 19, 2023: Catholics in India are urging the papal delegate to not weaponize Eucharist to enforce obedience among the dissident priests of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese in Kerala. As Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil’s threat of excommunication looms large on those dissident priests, Catholics in otherContinue Reading