Panaji, Jan 30, 2020: Officials of a Church-backed NGO and a human rights’ body, which had organized an anti-CAA rally in Goa, have been booked under sections of the Goa Children’s Act and the Juvenile Justice Act. The First Information Report filed on January 30 at the Goa Police WomenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jan 29, 2020: A prolife group in Kerala on January 29 asked the federal government to withdraw its order extending the upper limit for permitting abortions. “The government order prepares conducive atmosphere for unbridled abortion,” laments the Prolife Committee of the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council.Continue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Jan 28, 2020: Church leaders in India have welcomed Pope Francis asking Cardinal Oswald Gracias to continue as the Bombay archdiocese. ““It is good news. We welcome the cardinal’s extension as the Archbishop of Bombay,” Bishop Allwyn D’Silva told Matters India on January 28, responding toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 27, 2020: The year 2019 witnessed at least 328 incidents of targeted violence against Christians in India, including 230 mob attacks and 2 murders, said in its latest “Violence Against Christians in India”, a report by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) – India.” ThisContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Raipur, Jan 26, 2020: Rajender Sail, who helped in the release of some 25,000 Dalit bonded laborers, passed away on January 26 in Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh state. He was a poet, political activist and reformer. He has been one of the legends of the HumanContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Margao, Jan 25, 2020: Hundreds of people from various religions attended a protest meet organized by the Church against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population register (NPR) in Margao, Goa’s commercial capital. “It is our common conviction that theseContinue Reading
Kolkata, Jan 24, 2020: Catholic churches under Calcutta archdiocese will read out the Preamble to the Constitution after Sunday service on January 26, India’s Republic Day. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta will send a circular to all 65 parishes in the city and the seven districts, conveying the decision toContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, Jan 23, 2020: Police in Chhattisgarh are investigating the reason for a ninth grade boy, who committed suicide at a Catholic hostel in Jairamnagar, near Bilaspur in the central Indian state. The CCTV footage showed Dileshwar Marawi going to St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore, Jan 21, 2020: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore on January 21 urged Catholics in his archdiocese to observe a day of reparation after miscreants desecrated sacred Hosts in a church. “I am not only terribly shocked and greatly grieved that desecration was done to theContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jan 20, 2020: Renowned preacher and author, Father Danny Capuchin is set to make a landmark in south Indian film industry with his story and screenplay in the upcoming Malayalam movie titled Varayan (striped). According to reports made available to media on the first dayContinue Reading