KOCHI, September 17 : Fr Binoy John, a Catholic priest hailing from Thodupuzha in Kerala, who was arrested by Jharkhand Police on charges of encroaching upon tribal land and forcible conversion, was on September 15 released on bail after week-long detention. Fr Binoy, son of Yohannan, ‘Vadakkedathuparambil’, Kalayanthani, Thodupuzha, hadContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Ragabpur, September 15, 2019: An inter-religious procession and meeting were held on September 15 at the Ragabpur Jesuit Mission near Kolkata to celebrate Mother Teresa’s birthday and feast day To mark the occasion, a procession was taken out from the village market, Nepalgunge Haat, after garlanding theContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Tezu, September 14,2019: The canonization process of two French missionaries, who were martyred in Arunachal Pradesh 165 years ago, gained momentum on September 14 with the setting up of the diocesan board of enquiry. Fathers Nicolas Michael Krick and Augustin-Etienne Bourry, members of the France’s Societe desContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, September 11, 2019: A Jesuit junior college in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand remains shut even a week after it was attacked by a mob. “We cannot open the college. Everything has been destroyed,” Jesuit Father Thomas Kuzhively, secretary of St. John Berchmans InterContinue Reading
Fr. Adolf Washington Bangalore, Sept 8, 2019: Over 3000 Catholics, including at least 300 priests and religious gathered at Christ School auditorium, September 8th evening for the consecration of Mandya Diocese’ (Syro-Malabar) new bishop The Rev Sebastian Adayanthrathu’s installation. He was installed by Cardinal The Most Rev George Alencherry inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, September 6, 2019: The youth movement of Tellicherry Catholic archdiocese in Kerala plans to start a campaign to boycott a leading Malayalam newspaper and its television channel that allegedly defame priest and nuns. The archdiocesan unit of the Kerala Catholic Youth Movement will launch theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kannur, September 5, 2019: Hundreds of men and women belong to various Catholic religious congregations have come to the streets of Kannur, a major city in Kerala, to protest what they said were biased media reports that tarnish their image. “Do not belittle the life weContinue Reading
By Adolf Washington Bengaluru, September 4, 2019: Archbishop Justin Welby, the spiritual head of the Anglican Church, was on September 3 felicitated at a public program at Bishop Cotton Boy’s School in Bengaluru. Archbishop Welby is on a pastoral visit to India. Catholic Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore, a specialContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 3, 2019: Jesuit Father Felix Raj, vice-chancellor of St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata, received the prestigious 2019 Sankalp Award, “Educationist of the Year” from Javed Khan, minister, Government of West Bengal at JW Marriot hotel on September 1, in the presence of Industrialists HP Budhia,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 2, 2019: The Indian Catholic Press Association has mourned the death of a Divine World missionary who brought the Church’s communication of ministry to interior tribal villages of Odisha, eastern India. Hundreds of people attended the funeral services of Father Mathew Poovanpuzha onContinue Reading