By Matters India Reporter Sambalpur, July 20, 2019: Principal of a convent school in Odisha has denied reports that a third grade girl was allegedly molested inside her institution. “We have studied the matter thoroughly along with the child’s parents. Nothing of that sort has happened in the school,” SisterContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palai, July 17, 2019: The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Pala, Kerala, has posted the hearing in the controversial nun rape case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar to July 23. The hearing was postponed on July 16 following a submission by the accused’s counselContinue Reading
Mumbai, July 16: At least 10 people have been killed and many remain trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in the Indian city of Mumbai, officials say. It was the second such collapse around Mumbai in less than ten days. Torrential rains that lash the city during the monsoon oftenContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, July 15, 2019: The followers of Sant (Saint) Kabir, a local religious sect, have objected to the Chhattisgarh government serving eggs to school children in their free mid-day lunch. Around thousand Kabir panthi (followers of Kabir) rallied through the streets of Kawardha on July 11Continue Reading
Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil Guwahati, July 14, 2019: Guwahati, July 14, 2019: Bishops along with priests and religious from the Syro-Malabar Church working as missionaries in in northeast India have decided to pray for peace and unity in their Mother Church and urge others of the same background to do theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 12, 2019: The head of the Syro-Malabar Church Cardinal George Alencherry on July 12 asked the faithful in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese to be wary of ‘divisive’ activities in the Church and urged them not to cooperate or encourage such moves. Under attack by aContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, July 11, 2019: The trial in the 27-year-old case of Sister Abhaya murder finally began at the CBI special court in Thiruvananthapuram on July 11. Facing trial in the case are Catholic priest Father Thomas M. Kottoor, the first accused, and Sister Stephy, the third accused. Since Stephy wasContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Kollam, July 8: A 68-year-old Salesian priest died in a road accident in the early hours of July 7. According to reports, Father Thomas Augustine was on his way to hospital for a check-up, when he was hit by an auto rickshaw near St. Stephen’s Church,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 4, 2019: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, has called for peace and composure among priests and faithful as the rift between him and a section of priests in Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese widened. “All members of the Church are united with the powerContinue Reading
Mumbai, July 2, 2019: At least 16 people were killed as heavy rain pounded Mumbai and its surrounding areas overnight, flooding the airport and paralysing local trains, the lifeline of India’s commercial capital. The city received the heaviest rain over a 24-hour period in a decade. The weather office hasContinue Reading