By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 16, 2023: Jesuit lawyer Father Santhanam Arokiasamy on May 16 proposed a three-fold legal assistance to the victims of the recent violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Father Arokiasamy, who is the convener of the National Lawyers Forum of Priests and ReligiousContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, May 16, 2023: Sandeep, undergoing deaddiction is an Upper Primary school teacher under suspension. He was taken into police custody on the night of May 9 from his house following a brawl with neighbors. The inebriated and injured Sandeep was taken by the police toContinue Reading
By indiatomorrow.net Srinagar, May 16, 2023: Shock and anger gripped Jammu and Kashmir when Kashmiri students at Government Medical College in Jammu were thrashed after an argument over the controversial movie, “‘The Kerala Story.” “We have received distressing calls from GMC Jammu that a group of Kashmiri students has beenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, May 16, 2023: The head of the Catholic Church in Manipur has appealed for aid for the violence-hit people of the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Imphal is pained, saddened and concerned at the situation after unprecedented violenceContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Knock, May 16, 2023: The liturgy dispute in India’s Syro-Malabar Church was raised at an annual pilgrimage to an international Eucharistic and Marian Shrine in Ireland’s Knock town. Around 4,000 Catholics attended the May 13 pilgrimage of the Syro Malabar Community living in Ireland that wasContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, May 15, 2023: The Assembly elections in Karnataka and the municipal ones in Uttar Pradesh are done and dusted. I had written about their significance in my earlier piece, “Andh Bhakts Abound.” My observations seem to have been on target, especially in my home state of U.P.Continue Reading
By Felix Anthony Margherita, May 15, 2023: Hundreds of young people from across Arunachal Pradesh have prayed for peace and forgiveness in Manipur, another state in northeastern India that recently witnessed unprecedented ethnic violence. Leading the candle-lit prayer for peace at the Divine Renewal Retreat Centre, Margherita, Assam, on MayContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, May 13, 2023: Church people in Karnataka have welcomed the results of the just concluded assembly elections in the state as a “sign of hope” and people’s “befitting response” to their dissatisfaction, fear and anger. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that ruled theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 13, 2023: Frustrated at the Indian Church leaders’ “lukewarm response” to attacks against Christians, an advocacy group of progressive Catholic priests and nuns has urged them to become good shepherds “who do not run away when the wolf comes to attack the sheep.” AnContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, May 12, 2023: Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil on May 12 called for happy relationship and spiritual bondedness among people of various cultural backgrounds, traditions, religions, interests, and sensitivities in the country. This call makes intense meaning in the context of recent tragedies in Manipur where tensionsContinue Reading
