By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 13, 2024: The Vatican accepting the Mysore bishop’s resignation has brought much relief to those seeking justice for the prelate’s alleged victims in the southern Indian diocese. A press statement from the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) on January 13 said PopeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, March 21, 2022: A delegation of Christians of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh on March 21 met city Police Commissioner P. Jogdand regarding a spate of accusations and arrests for alleged forcible conversions. The UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversions of Religion Act 2021 aims to stopContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 19, 2023: Catholics across India have reacted angrily to an archbishop in Kerala, who has offered conditional support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that heads the federal coalition government. Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry on March 18 assured the BJP at least oneContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Varanasi, Feb 22, 2023: The need for a Synodal Church and secular society was stressed at a meeting organized by the Indian Catholic Forum (ICF), an informal platform of like-minded persons concerned about the renewal of the Church and nation building. As many as 30 delegates, including sevenContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 19, 2022: Indian Catholics, both lay people and religious, have welcomed Pope Francis ushering in equality and fraternity in religious congregations that have priests and brothers as members. “It is not a small technical or legal change but a profound shift with enormous theologicalContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 11, 2022: Christian activists in India on May 11 recalled “the sacrifice” of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy while welcoming the Supreme Court order to keep the country’s sedition law on abeyance. Father Stan, as he was popularly known, died July 5, 2021, in aContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Lucknow, May 2, 2022: Some Catholic leaders in Uttar Pradesh have welcomed a government drive to remove loud speakers from religious places in the northern Indian state. “If the government is doing it in a non-partisan way and without religious prejudices, it is to be appreciated,” saysContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 26, 2022: The leader of a Catholic laity forum March 26 welcomed the refusal of the Indian Supreme Court to entertain a petition seeking the establishment of a board to monitor Christian missionaries’ activities. “Good directive from the Supreme Court,” says chhotebhai, convenerContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, Jan 30, 2022: A laity group in India has urged the Vatican to extend the primary synthesis stage of the Rome Synod for another three more months. “The third wave of corona pandemic is sweeping across the world. As such it is impossible for peopleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, Nov 25, 2021: The Indian Catholic Forum, a collective of Catholics in the country, plans to meet next year to seek the Church’s reform and renewal. The February 5-6, 2022, program in Bengaluru, known as the Vatican of India, will stress sharing, praying, listening andContinue Reading