By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, July 8, 2023: Pope Francis on July 8 appointed Father Ferdinand Dkhar, as the bishop of Jowai in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya. The 59-year-old bishop elect is currently the administrator of the diocese of Jowai. Bishop elect Dkhar was born February 26, 1962,Continue Reading
By P A Chacko Sahibganj, July 8, 2023: The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, under Chief Minister Shivraj Chauhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been gaining notoriety for increasing crimes and atrocities committed on the Adivasis. Blood-curdling cruelties by lynching mobs and BJP’s foot soldiers have beenContinue Reading
By Syed Khalique Ahmed New Delhi, July 8, 2023: A new research has exposed claims of many right-wingers who demand a ban on polygyny among Muslims, blaming the community for India’s population growth. The latest research on polygyny tendencies by the International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), deemed-to-be-university, and anContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, July 8, 2023: Dozen is not a small number when it comes to the number of persons a country can represent at a global meeting where the total number is going to be about 400. The Vatican released on July 7 the list of thoseContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Rome, July 7, 2023: In an interview with Vatican News, Bishop Paul Hinder, Emeritus Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, recalls how the Missionaries of Charity martyred in 2016 in Yemen reveal the presence of Jesus’ love. He also underscores the value of the new Vatican CommissionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pune, July 6, 2023: A mob has attacked the principal of a private high school in the western Indian city of Pune. The incident took place on July 4 when a group of parents, accompanied by the members Bajrang Dal, assaulted the principal of the DContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmed Ranchi, July 5, 2023: Ten men who had forced Mohammad Tabrez Ansari to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ before beating him to death have been sentenced to ten years of rigorous imprisonment. The sentence was given July 5 by a trial court in the Seraikela Kharsawan district ofContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Trichy, July 6, 2023: We meet many people in our day-to-day lives, known and unknown. But many do not realize the goodness of the people we come across. They may be saints who are making changes in the lives and others. In the fast-moving world, peopleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, July 6, 2023: The incident of an upper caste Hindu urinating on a tribal man in a central Indian state has been widely condemned by indigenous people in the country. Amrit Horo, a youth leader of the Ranchi archdiocese, says the incident has brought shock,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 6, 2023: The police in a central Indian state have arrested a man who was caught on camera urinating on a tribal in public. Pravesh Shukla, who was arrested on July 5 night, has been charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesContinue Reading
