By Thomas Scaria and Irudaya Jothi New Delhi, May 6, 2020: Several human rights activists and groups in India on May 6 expressed shock and dismay over the Karnataka government’s decision to cancel trains meant for ferrying migrant laborers to their home towns. The state government had written to IndianContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, May 5, 2020: A court in Kerala has sentenced a former sacristan to life for killing the rector of a famous Christian pilgrim center in the southern Indian state. “The sacristan is sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life for the offence punishable under section 302Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporters Bengaluru, May 4, 2020: Pope Francis on April 4 accepted the resignation of Bishops Cyprian Monis of Asansol and Salvadore Lobo of Baruipur, both dioceses in West Bengal state, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India announced. Both the prelates have crossed the mandatory retirement ageContinue Reading
Kochi, May 3, 2020: Sanskrit hymns, Christian prayers and Arabic chants were broadcast one after another through digital media on May 3, as major religious leaders came together for a joint prayer to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic. Leaders of almost all Christian denominations, Imams, Muftis, Hindu scholars, sadhus and sanyasisContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palai, May 2, 2020: Auxiliary Bishop Jacob Muricken of Palai has written to the Vatican seeking permission to leave bishopric so that he could lead a strict ascetic life, reports a news portal that claims to have spoken to the prelate. This is the first timeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Apr 30, 2020: Jesuit Superior General Father Arturo Sosa on April 30 appointed Father Jerome Stanislaus D’Souza as the head of South Asia region, the fastest growing Jesuit communities in the world. Father D’Souza, popularly called Father Stany, is the current provincial of Karnataka.Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, April 29, 2020: A Catholic nun, who was tested Covid 19 positive, spends her time in prayer and meditation at the government quarantine center in Delhi. “I accept God’s will. I am not afraid of death if that is what God wants,” the Sisters ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 28, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, has urged his priests to pay full salaries of March and April to those working in archdiocesan institutions. “After consulting our bishops and the Finance Office, I am directing that the March and April salaries beContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, April 26, 2020: On April 24, the call center of the Municipal Corporation of Kannur in Kerala had a Catholic bishop to attend the calls. Bishop Alex Vadakkumthala of Kannur was seen noting down a list of essentials requested by callers and promising to deliverContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, April 25, 2020: Catholics of Odisha’s Berhampur diocese say their Christian identity could invite harassment citing the recent arrest of a priest who allegedly broke lockdown rules. According to Jitendra Nayak, pastoral council secretary of the St. Peter’s Catholic Church of Mohana parish, two policemen inContinue Reading