By Matters India Reporter Vettuthura, March 2, 2023: A young woman, who was undergoing training to become a nun, was found hanging in a convent room in the southern Indian state of Kerala. “I am going to Jesus as I understand I cannot lead a genuine life on this earth,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, March 1; 2023: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore says the Church will continue to do its good works without fear. “Even if a case is filed against me, accusing me of indulging in conversion, for providing education and healthcare to the Dalits and the marginalized,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Junagadh, Feb 27, 2023: Sister Prasanna Devi, a Catholic hermit nun who was an inspiration for many, especially Hindus, died February 27 in the western Indian state of Gujarat. She would have turned 89 on March 13. Sister Devi was suffering from age-related illnesses for theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 26, 2023: A Catholic priest and three nuns were among six people who died February 26 in a road accident in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya. A press note from Allen Brooks, the spokesperson of the Assam Christian Forum, says a truck carryingContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Feb 24, 2023: The mysterious death of a tribal Catholic girl in a government-managed hostel has led to unrest in a district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. The girl, a ninth grader of Jawahar Navodaya School in Paralakhemundi, the headquarters of Gajapati district, wasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jhabua, Feb 24, 2023: A Protestant bishop was remanded in judicial custody in connection with an alleged case of religious conversion in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The family members of Auxiliary Bishop Paul Muniya of the Shalom Church in Jhabua district have deniedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ahmedabad, Feb 22, 2023: The Catholic Church in the western Indian state of Gujarat state has sought police protection after one of its schools faced a ruckus by a right wing Hindu mob. “We request you to take necessary action against such unruly elements and grantContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, February 19, 2023: Thousands of Christians belonging to various denominations and institutions on February 19 staged a peaceful prayer protest in New Delhi. The protest was to draw the attention of the government, judiciary and civil society to “the sharp escalation of targeted hate andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mangaluru, Feb 15, 2023: A Catholic social worker, who has campaigned against substance abuse for three decades, on February 15 received the first “Life Time Achievement award” instituted by a Jain center in Karnataka. Dharmasthala conferred the award on Thomas Scaria, who heads the Ecolink InstituteContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Narmadapuram, Fen 13, 2023: Unidentified persons have set fire to a Protestant church in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Police have launched a probe against those behind the burning of the Evangelical Lutheran church under Kesla police station in Narmadapuram district. People came toContinue Reading