By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 5, 2023: Sister Venita Fernandes has become the first Indian to head the Sisters of Charity of the Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa, an international Catholic religious congregation based in Italy. Sister Fernandes, a native of Balli-Fatorpa in the western Indian state ofContinue Reading
By P A Chacko Sahibganj, July 4, 2023: July 5 is the second anniversary of Jesuit Father Stan Swami’s martyrdom. Denying even a straw to drink water, when Stan was unable to hold a cup with his shivering hands in his jail cell, was the cruelty of a regime thatContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, July 4, 2023: Times are bad in India: Manipur has been burning for two months now. Millions of citizens all over are denied their fundamental rights. Corruption and crony capitalism are rampant. Opposition politicians can be bought up and blackmailed by the ruling regime. The mega-projectContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur, July 3, 2023: Within eleven days of the crime, the Chhattisgarh police have arrested the inter-state looters of money from the Bagbahara presbytery of Raipur archdiocese. “Because it happened in the place of worship, the police took it very seriously,” Father Varghese Thekkekut, parish priestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jul 3, 2024: Pope Francis on July 3 appointed Father Elias Frank as the bishop of Asansol, a diocese in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The 61-year-old bishop-elect is a member of the diocese and currently teaches Canon Law at the PontificalContinue Reading
By Bandana Lohagun Sonada:July 1, 2023 — First community radio of Darjeeling bagged National Award for Entertainment and Development Excellence along with awards for Industry giants. On receiving the award, Director of Salesian Radio 90.8 FM, Father C. M. Paul, said, “This award has come to us solely due toContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 2, 2023: I had an opportunity to conduct training for teachers in three Catholic schools under the diocese of Daltonganj in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand June 12-21 — Peter’s English Medium School, Barikhajuri (Garhwa district), St. Claret School, Barwadih (Latehar district) andContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, July 1, 2023: I have received several anxious queries about the attack on a church in Kanpur. A video of the same is going viral. In view of the above I am constrained to place whatever information I have before you. Location: This incident took place onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters Mumbai, July 1, 2023: At least 26 people were charred to death and seven others wounded in the early hours of July 1 when a private bus caught fire on an express way in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district. The accident took place at 1:26 am between DusarbidContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, June 30, 2023: ‘A shrinking space for dissent’ was the title of a report in the New York Times on the protest of the Olympic women wrestlers in India. As the protesters were forced out of New Delhi’s main protest site, Jantar Mantar, it ‘highlightedContinue Reading
