By P. A. Chacko Dumka, Aug 27, 2023: The ritual war fought on the Kerala terrain by the traditionalists and the progressives of the Syro-Malabar Church seems to be like the Kurukshetra war. Both sides are adamant. Each faction wants it to be a fight to the finish. The laityContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 26, 2023: Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14. The lander and rover landed near the lunar south pole region at 6:02 pm on August 23, making India the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the lunar south pole and the fourth countryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 26, 2023: Pope Francis on August 26 appointed Father Mathew Nellikunnel as the bishop of Gorakhpur diocese in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The formal announcement of the appointment was done at 12 noon Italian time at the Vatican and atContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Kochi, Aug 26, 2023: Father Antony Poothavelil was recently installed as the vicar of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese’s St Mary’s Basilica Cathedral that was closed for more than 260 days because of the ongoing liturgy dispute. The 69-year-old priest was appointed the vicar as the main church of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Madurai, Aug 26, 2027: At least 10 tourists from Uttar Pradesh were killed and more than 20 wounded August 26 after a stationary train coach caught fire in Madurai railway station, southern India. The fire broke out when a passenger lit a gas stove to makeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Aug 24, 2023: A movement that leads the dissidents in the archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly has denied reports that four priests have been ordered out of a seminary for refusing to adopt the uniform mode of the liturgy. “Those priests are still in the seminary andContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 24, 2023: Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, pontifical delegate for Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese, has met Pope Francis on his return to the Vatican after his 18-day stay in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A press statement from the Media Commission of the Syro-Malabar Church saysContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 23, 2023: The head of the Catholic Church in India on August 23 joined the nation’s leaders to applaud the Indian Space Research Organization for the success of the country’s third lunar exploration mission. On the same day, when Chandrayaan (moon craft)-3 successfully landedContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 23, 2023: Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, the papal representative appointed to resolve the liturgy dispute in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly, has left for Rome after completing the first phase of his mission, says a press statement. The delegate will apprise Pope Francis and theContinue Reading
By Lissy Kurian Panaji, Aug 23, 2023: For Jetish Shivdas, being a college professor and working as a barber are of equal status. “What supported me in life is the salon,” he says with a twinkle in his eyes. Since 2012, Shivdas, who has a doctorate, works as assistant MalayalamContinue Reading
