Kochi: The Kerala Region Latin Catholic Bishops’ Council (KRLCBC) has called for discussions by the government with Dalit as well as other backward communities in connection with the implementation of reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) among forward communities. The council, in a statement, expressed several apprehensions regarding the EWSContinue Reading
Raipur: Social and civil rights groups have expressed serious concern over increasing incidents of violence against tribal Christians in Bastar in Chhattisgarh and urged the central Indian state government to conduct an impartial investigation and to take preventive measures to protect peace and harmony in the tribal region. Social activistContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Pope’s Francis’ recent comments on gay civil union are misunderstood and misinterpreted, says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the head of the Catholic Church in India and one of the seven advisers of the pontiff. “There is no change in the Church doctrine at all. TheContinue Reading
Yangon: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, president of the Federation of Asian Bishop’s Conference (FABC), has called for the immediate release of Jesuit human rights activist Father Stan Swamy. Hailing the 83-year-old Indian Jesuit priest as the “Friend of the Indigenous People,’ the Myanmar cardinal made the appeal through a letterContinue Reading
Mumbai: A special court of the National Investigation Agency October 23 rejected the bail plea of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy a tribal rights activist arrested for his alleged involvement in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence in Maharashtra. The 83-year-old, who is under judicial custody, had sought bail on health grounds.Continue Reading
By Irudaya Jothi Konchowki: Opposition leaders October 21 expressed solidarity human rights activists such as Jesuit Father Stan Swamy and lawyers arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and demanded the repeal of the stringent law. Addressing a webinar organized by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), they urgedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palayamkottai: Catholic and Protestant Church leaders have joined political parties to demand strong action against vandals of cemeteries in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. A resolution passed at an all-party meeting chaired by Catholic Bishop S Antonysamy Palayamkottai noted that the attacks on graves were conductedContinue Reading
By Arockiasamy Santhanam Madurai: Catholic churches across Tamil Nadu October 18 expressed solidarity with Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, a native of the southern Indian state now who is in a Mumbai jail for alleged Maoists links. During the Sunday Mass, Catholics prayed for the good health and immediate release ofContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Thiruvalla: Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan, the supreme head of the Indian face of the Christian faith, died of old age ailments October 18 at Thiruvalla, Kerala. He was 89. The death of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church head occurred around 2:38 am at a private hospitalContinue Reading
Ranchi: Archbishop Felix Toppo of Ranchi October 16 joined priests, nuns and lay people to form a 5-kilometer human chain to denounce the arrest of an octogenarian Jesuit priest for alleged Maoist links. Many of the more than 1,000 protestors, who lined up in the Jharkhand state capital of RanchiContinue Reading