By Matters India Reporter Ariyur, March 17, 2023: The police in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have arrested the leader of a radical Hindu group for his alleged plan to extort money from a Catholic priest by raising sexual allegations. The arrested has been identified as Muthuvel, districtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 16, 2023: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called for the repeal of anti-conversion laws in force in 12 Indian states. The US federal government entity empowered to monitor and to recommend freedom of religion policies across the worldContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Bhubaneswar, March 15, 2023: Sister Remya Thomas has become a harbinger of hope for poor jobless youth in Odisha state in eastern India. St. Joseph’s Community College in the state capital of Bhubaneswar, which is managed by her congregation, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Annecy, findsContinue Reading
By Maria Nirmalini Bengaluru, March 15, 2023: It is indeed a joyous occasion to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ papacy and a genuine privilege for me to share a few thoughts on the impact the Holy Father has had on the world in general and on Indian womenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, March 15, 2023: The Kerala High Court has turned down the Kottayam archbishop’s plea seeking a stay of a lower court order that ended the centuries-old practice of endogamy in his Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church. The Kottayam archdiocese based in the southern Indian state ofContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril Bengaluru, March 15, 2023: The national commission for migrants under the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India has devised new ways to reach out to the displaced in a more pastoral way. The commission organized a meeting of its regional secretaries where they received inputs from theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 15, 2023: Sadhu Ittiyavirah, an itinerant preacher, a spiritual guide, a renowned writer, and a social reformer who had inspired several generations, died March 14 at Kothamangalam in the southern Indian state of Kerala. He would have turned 101 on March 18. The deathContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur, March 14, 2023: It upsets us Christians when we hear that some Hindu militant groups keep on organizing Ghar Vapsi (reconversion) programs in some places. It pains us more that in every ceremony, a few thousand Christians become Hindus. Naturally, it is matter of concern.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, March 13, 2023: Catholic bishops of the southern Indian state of Kerala have demanded a ban on a stage show that they say insults Catholic monastic life and Christianity. “The communist organizations are giving huge publicity for the drama,’’ says a statement issued by theContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, March 13, 2023: An interesting question asked at a recent webinar on the Synod was, “Is the Synodal Process Expanding or Shrinking the Tent for Women?” Elissa Roper, an Australian theologian who answered the question from the Catholic Women’s Council, said, “The hope for the futureContinue Reading
