By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 1, 2023: Pope Francis on June 1 accepted the resignation of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, who was acquitted in a rape case 18 months ago. A press note from the New Delhi-based apostolic nunciature announcing the resignation says the Vatican “respects theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, Aug 31, 2022: The diocese of Jalandhar has decided to close all its schools on September 1 to its concern over the attack on a church at Patti near Tarn Taran in the northern Indian state of Punjab. “We call upon everyone to work towardsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patti, Aug 31, 2022: Some unidentified miscreants on August 31 vandalized a Marian statue kept in front of a church in Patti, an old town in the northern Indian state of Punjab. They also set ablaze the car of the parish priest. According to a messageContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 11, 2022: Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, apostolic nuncio to India and Nepal, on June 11 said the Vatican has accepted the Indian court decision about Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar. The nuncio, who was on a two-day pastoral visit to Jalandhar, said this June 11Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 1, 2021: The Franciscan Immaculatine Sisters congregation says police and autopsy reports indicate suicide as the cause of one of its members’ death in the northern Indian state of Punjab. Sister Mary Mercy was found hanging at 6 am on November 30 inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A Catholic nun was found hanging from the window of her convent chapel in Faridkot, a town in the the northern Indian state of Punjab. A message from the Bishop’s House in Jalandhar says Sister Mary Mercy died November 30, but did not giveContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Kochi, Nov 24, 2021: After rigorous public charges of foul play and sabotage, Kerala’s High Court in Kochi Nov. 20 overruled a move to transfer the trial judge from the high-profile case against a bishop in the alleged rapes of a nun. Critics said the transfer ofContinue Reading
New Delhi: The publication of a rape accused bishop’s picture with Pope Francis in a feast day greeting has upset a group of Catholic women in India. A press release issued by Sisters in Solidarity on October 6 says its members “are perturbed to see a greeting that is beingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, Aug 19, 2020: A Catholic television channel in the northern Indian state of Punjab has been flooded with congratulatory messages after YouTube honored it for achieving a “six-digit milestone.” “You have just done something that very few YouTube creators accomplish. You had an astonishing 100,000Continue Reading
By chhotebhai THE CONTEXT: This has been open season for clean chits, especially from the Election Commission of India to Namo and Amit Shah. Opposition parties have got their hackles up, claiming that the Model Code of Conduct has been reduced to the Modi Code of Conduct. Other than cleanContinue Reading