By Shravan Garg Indore, April 2, 2023: Not finding words to express my personal grief and the collective loss to the society in the passing away of our dearest Father Varghese Alengaden. The moment I shared the devastating news with my dental surgeon daughter and her critical care consultant husbandContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden (This article was written by Father Varghese Alengaden on March 2, a day before his hospitalization for heart surgery. “If anything, unexpected happens to me during the surgery, let this be my message to the Church and all who have worked with me,” he wrote in hisContinue Reading
By Mudita Menona Sodder Mumbai, March 30, 2023: Father Varghese Alengaden shocked many with his untimely and unexpected death on March 26. Many, including me, had last met him on February 1, at the ninth Global Peace Convention at Porbandar. Parul Jain from Udaipur said, “It is really very unbelievableContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, March 30, 2023: Pope Francis on March 30 appointed Father Joachim Walder as the auxiliary bishop of Aizawl diocese that covers the entire state of Mizoram in northeastern India. The 67-year-old priest is currently the episcopal vicar of Barak Valley region of Aizawl diocese. TheContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 30, 2023: Not belonging to the North East (NE), why should I bother about what is happening to the Christians there? As always, Sacred Scripture has the answer. While describing the community of believers as a body, we are told that “If one part is hurt,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, March 30, 2023: An Indian will now handle the funds of the worldwide Society of Jesus, the second largest Catholic religious congregation for men after the Salesians. Jesuit superior general Father Arturo Sosa on March 28 announced the name of Father Sebastian J Jeerakassery, aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, March 30, 2023: Jesuit superior general Father Arturo Sosa has brought the congregation’s works in Pakistan under its Asia-Pacific region. The general announced the change of jurisdiction for the mission in Pakistan in a March 28 message to Father Antonio Moreno, president of the JesuitContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Aizawl, March 29, 2023: The first convention of school students from eight Catholic dioceses of northeastern India has resolved to make them advocates of peace-building in the region. Some 350 delegates from these dioceses attended the regional convention at St. Lawrence School in Aizawl, capital ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, March 27, 2023: Church leaders in India have reacted cautiously to the demand of an organization representing indigenous people that the government remove the reservation for tribal people to Christianity or other religions. A March 26 rally organized by the Janajati Dharma Sanskriti Suraksha ManchaContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 28, 2023: Hundreds of Christians of Dalit origin from all over India on March 28 organized a sit-in to renew their demand for reservation for themselves as well as their Muslim brethren. A press note from National Council of Dalit Christians, the organizers, regrettedContinue Reading
