New Delhi: The Supreme Court on April 9 said people are free to choose their own religion, even as it lashed out at a “very, very harmful kind” of “public interest” petition claiming there is mass religious conversion happening “by hook or by crook” across the country. Instead, a BenchContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ahmedabad: A Catholic priest on April 7 received the “Pride of Gujarat Award 2021” from the state’s deputy chief minister Nitin Patel. Father Jomon Thommana is currently the director of Christ Campus in Rajkot, a major city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. He wasContinue Reading
Tübingen (Germany): Hans Küng, an influential and controversial Swiss theologian, died at the age of 93. The German Catholic Church’s official website said that Küng died on the afternoon of April 6 at his home in Tübingen, southwest Germany. Küng served as a theological adviser at the Second Vatican CouncilContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ujjain: A Catholic priest going to conduct Good Friday service in a mission center in the diocese of Ujjain on April 2 was killed in a road accident. Father John Nadunilam was going from Jamner town to Kalapipal village, some 10 km northeast, in Guna districtContinue Reading
New Delhi: A Supreme Court-appointed panel has submitted its report on the three agricultural reform laws in a closed cover. The report will be revealed during the next hearing of the case. “We submitted the report in a sealed envelope to the registrar of the court on March 19. ItContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Rome: More than 500 people have been killed in Myanmar in the Military junta’s ruthless crackdown on protests since the Feb 1 ousting of the elected government and their leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a local non-governmental organization has said. As of March 29, as many asContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Father Jacob Pallipurath, the only Catholic priest in India to become a legislator in a state assembly for one term, died March 29 at Dharwad in Karnataka. He was 90. Father Jacob belonged to Belgaum diocese. The funeral will be held at 4 pmContinue Reading
Mumbai: Ten bodies were recovered and more than 70 coronavirus patients were moved to safety after a huge fire broke out on March 26 night at a mall in Mumbai that has a hospital. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray sought “forgiveness” from the families of those who lost lives, addingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: A Catholic priest died March 26 after falling from the terrace of a major seminary near Chennai where he was teaching for the past several years. According to a message from Monsignor L John Robert, administrator of Vellore diocese, Father Velanganni Vinothraj died because ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ponkunnam: India’s Home Minister Amit Shah has assured Christians that he would take action against attackers of Catholic nuns who were traveling on a train in Uttar Pradesh. The minister was responding to an appeal from Member of Parliament Alphons Kannanthanam at a public function inContinue Reading