By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Aug 17, 2020: The only woman to edit India’s first Catholic weekly, who had spent years to rehabilitate sex workers, died of cardiac arrest August 17 in Kolkata, eastern India. Sister Caridad Paramundayil was 71. The member of the Sisters Adorers Handmaids of the BlessedContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Konchowki, Aug 13, 2020: A network of NGOs engaged in monitoring the implementation of the National Food Security Act in West Bengal plans to move the Kolkata High Court against the alleged misappropriation of funds by various government agencies. The NGOs, under the umbrella of Right ToContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, August 13, 2020: The District and Session Court in Kottayam, Kerala, on August 13 formally charged Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar for alleged rape of a Catholic nun. The trial court read out the chargesheet that accused Bishop Mulakkal of raping former superior general ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Danapur, Aug 12, 2020: Catholic religious men and women engaged in social action have voiced serious concern over a draft notification that aims to make drastic changes in India’s environmental policies. The Draft Notification for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 “is quite obvious that the proposedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Phulbani, August 11, 2020: A 12-day community prayer was launched in many parts of India August 11 to remind Christians and others the anti-Christian violence in the Kandhamal district of Odisha, eastern India. August 23 marks the 12th anniversary of the unprecedented Christian persecution in Kandhamal.Continue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi, Aug 10, 2020: The Delhi-based Jesuit-managed Vidyajyoti College of Theology on August 10 opened its new academic session urging its students to seek answers to the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and brute majoritarianism of the ruling elite. Archbishop Anil J T Couto ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 9, 2020: Activists working among tribal communities in India on August 9 joined their counterparts around the world to observe the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The Indians marked the occasion with a series of virtual talks and discussions from AugustContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 8, 2020: Senior academics, activists and clergy from various Christian denominations from across India have called upon their community members, especially youth and students, to jointly work with civil society to ensure an India safe for minorities, Dalits, Tribals and the poor. AContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Aug 7, 2020: The District and Session Court in Kottayam, Kerala, on August 7 restored the bail of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar. The court on July 13 canceled the bail and ordered the prelate’s arrest after he avoided appearances despite several summonses. The courtContinue Reading
Ahmedabad, Aug 6, 2020: Eight people on August 6 died after a huge fire broke out at a private hospital for coronavirus patients in Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s commercial capital. As the blaze broke out at the Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad’s Navrangpura area at around 3 am, eight fire engines and 10Continue Reading