By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, May 5, 2019: A court in Kerala on May 4 summoned Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar to appear before it on May 10 in connection with a rape case. In a major development in the case, the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Pala hasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, May 4, 2019: The head of the Catholic Church and general secretary of Muslim theologians in India on May 4 proposed to send a high level interfaith delegation to Sri Lanka to explore ways to help the island nation struggling to recover from terrorist attacks.Continue Reading
Madurai, May 3, 2019: Two nuns of Jain religion were killed on the spot and three others sustained serious injuries in a freak road accident. The five nuns were on a padayatra (walking pilgrimage) from Kodaikkanal, a hill station in Dindigul district, to Kanniyakumari, some 350 km south. A pick-upContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, May 4, 2019: At least eight people were killed when the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani barrelled into the Odisha coast on April 3. Several churches, including St. Vincent’s Pro-Cathedral Church and the residence of the archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar were severely hit when the storm, consideredContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Yangon, May 2, 2019: In the aftermath of the horrific Easter Sunday multiple bomb blasts by Islamic terrorists on 3 Churches and 3 luxury hotels in Sri Lanka claiming lives of over 250 people including 50 foreigners and injuring hundreds, the Churches were closed for services.Continue Reading
Manila, May 2, 2019: When the lethargic heat of summer set in, the residents of Binalonan, a small town in the Philippines, used to gather under trees and share stories about their neighbors, swapping tidbits about rumored scandals, affairs, bankruptcies and divorces. But no longer. In local law imposed onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, May 3, 2019: The ten-year-old gender policy of the Indian Catholic Church has proved to be a failed promise, women theologians say. A great majority of women’s servitude betrays male privilege that is normalized in the families and in the Church. “This situation makes usContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, May 2, 2019: Vikas (name changed), 8, and his younger sister faced their first ordeal of life when they lost both their parents, who were HIV positive. The parents were daily laborer struggling to eke a livelihood in Mumbai, despite being positive. After their death,Continue Reading
Colombo, May 2, 2019: Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church scrapped plans to resume Sunday services following a “specific threat” against two religious locations after the deadly Easter attacks. The archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, said on Thursday that a “reliable foreign source” had alerted him to possible attacks this weekend.Continue Reading
Mumbai, May 2, 2019: A 223-year-old Armenian Church, known as the St Peter’s Church, stands amid the busy Kala Ghoda area in South Mumbai. Originally built for the Armenians who arrived in Mumbai over 200 years ago, this one-of-its-kind shrine has opened its doors to the Indian Orthodox Church, alsoContinue Reading