By George Kannanthanam Hyderabad, Feb 28, 2020: An online facility for anyone stressed about coronavirus (COVID-19) to talk to someone, was launched at the campus of the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) at Hyderabad on February 26. Responding to the increasing number of persons affected by the disease, SisterContinue Reading
By Jibin Robin New Delhi, Feb 27, 2020: Leaders of various religions came together on February 26 evening to pray for peace in the national capital where sectarian violence has claimed at least 34 lives in five days. The leaders met at Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese. TheyContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 26, 2020: Several Christian groups on February 26 joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi to appeal for peace and brotherhood as sectarian violence continue to rage in the national capital on the fourth day. Catholic Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi, National Council of Churches inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, Feb 24, 2020: An advocacy group for progressive Catholic religious nuns, brothers and priests in India has asked top Church bodies to oppose openly laws that try to divide citizens in the country. “The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 24, 2020: Pope Francis on February 24 appointed Father Jose Chirackal as the auxiliary bishop of Tura, a diocese in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya. The announcement was made at noon in Rome and its corresponding time (4:30 pm) in India. FatherContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore, Feb 23, 2020: The Apostolic Carmel Sisters on February 23 elected Sister Nirmalini,a renowned educationist and human rights activist, as the twelfth superior general of their 150-year-old indigenous congregation. The election took place during the congregation’s 20th ordinary general chapter underway in Bengaluru, capital ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, February 22, 2019: An Indian lay martyr is among the two people Pope Francis has approved for sainthood. The Pope on February 21 authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate decrees for eight other candidates in various stages in the canonization process.Continue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Feb 21, 2020: The Catholic Church in India has mourned the death of Monsignor Hilary Rodrigues, a pioneer of Interreligious dialogue in India and close friend of Saint Teresa of Kolkata. He was 93. The monsignor died on February 20 from old age ailments at theContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Feb 19, 2020: India’s Catholic bishops on February 19 concluded their 34 biennial plenary, asserting that none has the right to question patriotism of any citizen on subjective grounds. “We believe that patriotism is different from narrow and divisive cultural nationalism, which is radically differentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ratlam, Feb 18, 2020: The Sessions Court in Ratlam, a town in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, on February 19 acquitted eight Christians falsely accused of kidnapping 60 children for fraudulent religious conversion. The court acquitted them of all charges, bringing joy among ChristianContinue Reading