By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, July 24, 2020: Several Catholic dioceses in India have formed volunteers’ groups to provide decent burial to those dying of COVID-19. One of the first dioceses to form such a group was Idukki in Kerala that on July 20 set up a team of 30Continue Reading
Beijing, July 23, 2020: In continuation with its religious repression, Chinese authorities have reportedly ordered Christians to renounce their faith and replace the crosses, images of Jesus in churches with portraits of Chairman Mao and President Xi Jinping or risk losing welfare benefits. According to a report published in DailyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 22, 2020: A group of catholic women “concerned about justice issues in the Church and society” has condemned a former priest’s plan to marry a minor girl he raped and impregnated as an attempt to get out of jail. “We find this extremelyContinue Reading
By Bindu Shajan Perappadan New Delhi, July 21, 2020: A total of 104 doctors have died because of Covid-19-related complications until July 13 across India, states a paper from the president of the Indian Medical Association in Cochin. Another four deaths of doctors — three of them in road accidentsContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Kolkata, July 20, 2020 : A pioneer educationist who brought free Don Bosco education to Kolkata’s slum children died on July 19 in a hospital in the eastern Indian city. Salesian Father Joseph Aymanathil is the first Catholic priest to die in Kolkata archdiocese and the fifth inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Itanagar, July 17, 2020: Women groups in Arunachal Pradesh have condemned the alleged molestation of a young female medical student by a Salesian priest in Itanagar, capital of the northeastern Indian state. The 22-year-old woman has alleged that Father Cyriac Pulinthanathumalayil molested her during her stayContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dibrugarh, July 16, 2020: A senior nun in northeastern India, who was discharged after testing negative for Covid-19, died on July 16. She was 82. Sister Michael Serrao, a member of the Institute of the Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa (SCCG),Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, July 15, 2020: In what is perhaps the first case of starvation death during the lockdown in Odisha, a 46-year-old tribal woman died after going without food for three days, a group of food activists said. Dukhi Jani, a resident of Kaliamba village in Odisha’s NayagarhContinue Reading
Jalandhar, July 14, 2020: Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar has tested Covid-19 positive, the same evening a court in Kerala issued non-bailable warrant against him for non-appearance in a rape case. Officials at the Civil Hospital in Jalandhar where the accused bishop’s test was done confirmed on July 13 thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, July 13, 2020: A court in Kerala on July 13 created history by issuing non-bailable arrest warrant against a Catholic bishop, who failed several times to appear for trial in a rape case. The Additional District and Sessions Judge in Kottayam on July 1 hadContinue Reading