By Robancy A. Helen Tiruchirappalli, Aug 21, 2023: As I celebrated Holy Week and the Easter season, I reflected back on another celebration this year in my home parish (Our Lady the Healer Church in Karumandapam, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, south India). We were celebrating the Day of Consecrated Life onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Aug 21, 2023: Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry says the recent protests against Pontifical Delegate Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil have deeply saddened the Church. “The strength of the Church is unity,” asserted the cardinal on August 21, speaking after the opening of the thirdContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 21, 2023: Joseph Anthony Gathia, an author, journalist, and children’s rights campaigner, has been chosen for the Swami Devanand Chakkungal award for Hindi Literature instituted by the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) and sponsored by the Indore province of the Divine Word congregation.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 20, 2023: A Catholic nun from southern India has won this year’s award for best reportage on Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) that gives the annual award says it chose Sister Robancy A. Helen for authentically andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Geneva, Aug 19, 2023: A global media rights body has condemned the murder of a young journalist in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) on August 18 demanded a high-level probe into the incident to unearth the motive behind the assassinationContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 20, 2023: Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, the apostolic administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly, says disobedience to the Pope’s delegate would mean ouster from the Catholic Church. The Pope has through his delegate announced the final decision on the long-standing controversy over Mass in the archdiocese,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporters Kochi, Aug 20, 2023: Almost 95 percent parishes under the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese offered the Sunday Masses on August 20 with the priest facing the congregation, rejecting the papal delegate’s order to follow the synod method or face excommunication, claim the dissidents. “The Ernakulam Archdiocese has completelyContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 19, 2023: Catholics in India are urging the papal delegate to not weaponize Eucharist to enforce obedience among the dissident priests of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese in Kerala. As Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil’s threat of excommunication looms large on those dissident priests, Catholics in otherContinue Reading
By John Pulinthanam Below is a letter from a senior Catholic layman of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese to Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, who has come to Kerala as the Pope’s delegate to resolve the dispute over the mode of offering Mass. The Catholic feels being pushed from disappointment to serious doubtsContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 18, 2023: Media is one of the four pillars of democracy in India. It is sad to note that media and the journalists are under threat today. A journalist who tries to be truthful to his mission is branded as an “anti-national” by theContinue Reading
