By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 22, 2024: Christian reform groups from across the world observed the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene July 22 by urging Pope Francis to ensure women’s full equality in the Church, including their ordination to priesthood. In an open letter addressed to “Dear Brother Francis,”Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Ottapalam, July 17, 2024: When K V Sajeesh failed in his tenth-grade exam, everyone expected him to join his parents as a daily wager. But today, around 600 neurosurgeons and 380 cardiac surgeons depend on him to do their job. The 34-year-old founder director of Kay VeeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Itanagar, July 17, 2024 — Chief Minister of right wing Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party ruling northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh had words of appreciation and praise for a group of Catholic Church leaders visiting him on July 17. In his official Facebook post Chief Minister PemaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, July 15, 2024: A family in Odisha now thanks a Catholic nun for rescuing them from bonded labor in the southern Indian state of state. “I can finally breathe freely. I thank Sister Sujata profusely,” says Deepthi Singh, who was held in bondage along withContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 12, 2024: A Catholic delegation on July 12 met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to voice their concern over the increasing attacks on Christians in various parts of the country. The four-member delegation led by Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, president of the CatholicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jabalpur, July 12, 2024: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on July 12 denied bail to 14 people, including a Protestant bishop and a Catholic priest, accused in the school fees scam. The Jabalpur-based court, however, granted bail to a female school principal and anticipatory bail toContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 10, 2024: Archbishop Emeritus Alphonsus Mathias, a Vatican II delegate who led the Indian Catholic Church in the tumultuous 1990s, died July 10 at Bengaluru’s St. John’s Medical College. The death of the 96-year-old prelate occurred at 5:20 pm as he was undergoing treatmentContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, July 5, 2024: When on July 5, 2021, the fascist regime of India, killed Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, they succeeded only in destroying the frail body of an 84-year-old Catholic Priest. Today, three years after that fateful day, the Spirit of Stan Swamy lives on. MillionsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 5, 2024: The United Christian Forum (UCF), an ecumenical group, has expressed anguish over what it calls “saffron-tinged” ruling of the Allahabad High Court. Justice Rohit Ranjan Aggarwal, while rejecting the bail application of a person accused under Uttar Pradesh state’s anti-conversion law,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 5, 2024: Bishop George Mamalassery, who had helped transform a remote and hazardous northeastern Indian region into a modern place, died July 5 due to severe respiratory issues. He was 92. The first bishop of Tura in Meghalaya state died at 2:20 am atContinue Reading
