By Matters India Reporters New Delhi: The Vatican Congregation for the Oriental Churches has appointed an apostolic visitor for the Kerala-based Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (MCBS). An October 13 letter from the Apostolic Nunciature in Delhi to MCBS superior general Father Joseph Maleparampil said Rome has appointed CarmelitesContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has rejected a plea seeking ban on Halal form of slaughtering of animals adhered by Muslims. A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul October 12 questioned the intention of the petitioner and also said that court cannot interfere with the food habitsContinue Reading
New Delhi: A chip made of cow dung will reduce radiation from mobile handsets and protect users from various diseases, a government official has claimed. “Cow dung will protect everyone, it is anti-radiation… It is scientifically proven,” asserted Vallabhbhai Kathiria, chairperson of the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA, national commission forContinue Reading
New Delhi: Cities across India on October 12 witnessed an unprecedented show of solidarity with an octogenarian Jesuit priest who has been arrested and jailed for alleged Maoist links. From New Delhi to the North East, from Bengaluru to Patna, and from Kochi to Mumbai, hundreds of people from allContinue Reading
Chennai: Dalit Christian bodies in Tamil Nadu have reiterated their demand for appointing priests from the communities to the posts to bishops in the southern Indian state. The office of bishops in five dioceses and one archdiocese now lies vacant in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry; point out groups such asContinue Reading
New Delhi: The arrest and imprisonment of an 83-year-old Jesuit priest in a two-year-old case have led to massive protests by people’s organizations, activists, intellectuals and concerned citizens from across India. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), a federal body to counter terror activities in the country, October 8 arrested FatherContinue Reading
Ranchi: The National Investigation Agency on October 8 took into custody Jesuit social activist Father Stan Lourduswamy for his alleged links with Maoists and banned organizations. The federal agency took the 83-year-old Catholic priest from the Bagaicha campus, his residence near Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.Continue Reading
New Delhi: No daughter of “Mother India” should be slaughtered on “the altar of caste, religion and patriarchy,” asserts a forum of Catholic nuns, brothers and priests practicing as lawyers. Condemning the recent rape and death of a Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh, the National Lawyers Forum of Religious andContinue Reading
New Delhi: The publication of a rape accused bishop’s picture with Pope Francis in a feast day greeting has upset a group of Catholic women in India. A press release issued by Sisters in Solidarity on October 6 says its members “are perturbed to see a greeting that is beingContinue Reading
Ranchi: Father Louis Francken, a Jesuit missionary from Belgium who worked hard to educate poor tribal people in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, died October 5 in Ranchi. He was 82. “With great sadness we inform you that Father Louis Francken, S.J. breathed his last at 11:00 pm onContinue Reading