By P A Chacko Sahibganj, July 6, 2023: “Cut his balls. Let him learn a lesson for life!” So screamed an Adivasi, hearing the most atrocious and immoral act of urinating on a poor Adivasi by an alleged BJP leader in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Given theContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 6, 2023: Pope Francis has released a letter announcing the establishment of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints’ “Commission for the New Martyrs – Witnesses of the Faith,” in view of the Jubilee of 2025. The working group’s objective will be to draw up a catalogueContinue Reading
The Vatican announced July 5 the creation of a commission to research and catalog the stories of Christian martyrs from the third millennium. In a letter published July 5, Pope Francis said he has established the “Commission of New Martyrs — Witnesses of the Faith” within the Dicastery for theContinue Reading
By George Jacob Kochi, July 5, 2023: On June 26, seven students of Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College Hospital in Kerala submitted a letter to the principal seeking permission to wear the hijab inside the operating theater. They contended that their religious belief does not permit them to bare their heads.Continue Reading
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
