By Matters India Reporter Kochi, April 15, 2020: Two Catholic priests have been booked for violating lockdown norms in the past one week in Kerala. Police in Kochi on April 15 arrested Father Augustine Palayil, parish priest of Stella Maris Church in Wellington Island in Kerala’s commercial capital. The priestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, April 14, 2020: The Catholic Church in West Bengal and Jharkhand has mourned the death of Father Richard V Joe, “the apostle of the Santhals.” Father Joe died on April 13, the 40th anniversary of his priestly ordination, at Pallam, his home village in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter São Paulo, April 12, 2020: An Indian priest, working as a missionary for years in Brazil, died on April 10 due to complications of the COVID-19. He was 81. Father Mário do Monte Beatriz de Almeida was over 40-year missionary in the diocese of Santo Amaro,Continue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, April 10, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, blessed the coronavirus-affected city with a relic of the Cross after the Good Friday service on April 10. The cardinal led the Way of the Cross in the Holy Name Cathedral at Nathalal Parekh Marg in Mumbai,Continue Reading
Melbourne, April 7, 2020: Cardinal George Pell has been freed from jail after Australia’s highest court overturned his convictions for child sexual abuse. The former Vatican treasurer, 78, was the most senior Catholic figure ever jailed for such crimes. In 2018, a jury found he abused two boys in MelbourneContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Guwahati, April 6, 2020: A distress call from a transgender at the Guwahati railway station on April 4 made Sister Prema Chowallur to sit up. “I could no longer remain in my safe comfort zone of my convent. I shed my fears of coronavirus and inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Shillong, April 5, 2020: An organization representing all Christian denominations in northeastern India has appealed for a united fight against coronavirus pandemic. The Joint Peace Mission Team on April 2 met at the headquarters of the Northeast India Christian Council at Shillong to discuss the latestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, April 4, 2020: Archbishop Peter Machado has promised to light candles at 9 pm on April 5 as recommended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of the country’s campaign against coronavirus pandemic. “May this gesture of lighting of candles and recitation of prayers bringContinue Reading
By: Smitha George London, April 2, 2020: COVID-19 has claimed the life of a 73-year-old Indian member of the Missionaries of Charity in the United Kingdom. Sister Sienna was admitted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea with complications of the viral infection and succumbed to the illness on April 1. TheContinue Reading
Indore, April 2, 2020: The head of Muslims in Indore has expressed his regret over a stone-pelting incident against health workers who had gone to test people for coronavirus. “You should not fall prey to misunderstandings and help everyone. Take care of yourself and healthcare workers. We should support theContinue Reading