By Matters India Reporter Wayanad, Jan. 8, 2019: A Catholic nun, who participated in a sit-in for the arrest of a rape-accused bishop, on January 8 received a warning letter with threats of dismissal from her superior general. Sister Lucy Kalappura, a member of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, was atContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan. 6, 2019: Pope Francis on January 6 accepted the resignation of Bishop Aleixo Das Neves Dias of Port Blair, which covers the entire Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This was announced at 12 noon in Rome and its corresponding time (4:30 pm) in India,Continue Reading

By Philip Mathew Nagpur, Jan. 5, 2019: Reverend Asir Ebenezer on January 4 assumed office as the general secretary of the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI). He succeeds Rev Roger Gaikwad. The Nagpur-based NCCI is the ecumenical forum of the Protestant an Orthodox churches and their organizations inContinue Reading

By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan. 2, 2019: Jesuit Father Samuel Rayan, a renowned proponent of liberation theology, died on January 2. He was 98. The death occurred at 12:30 pm at Nirmala Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala, where he was undergoing treatment for old age ailments for the past one year.Continue Reading

By Purushottam Nayak Simonbadi, Dec. 28, 2018: Four survivors of the worst anti-Christian violence in modern India were ordained as Capuchin priests on December 27. “God chose you like Moses to be faithful, responsible to lead the people,” Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur, who led the ordination ceremony, toldContinue Reading

By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Dec. 27, 2018: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore has joined a survey being conducted on urban and homeless in Bengaluru, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (Great Bangalore Corporation) assigned the responsibility of conducting the survey in the WestContinue Reading