By Matters India Reporter Damoh, Nov 21, 2022: Police in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have initiated a preliminary probe into a woman’s allegation that she was paid to convert Christianity. The move came on an order from the National Commission for Women (NCW), a federal statutory bodyContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Aizawl, November 18, 2022: The Catholic Church in Mizoram on November 20 ended the celebration of the 75 years of the presence of priests in the northeastern Indian state with Cardinal Oswald Gracias hailing the Mizo society for setting an example for the rest of the country.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 19, 2022: By “conversion” I here mean the explicit act of baptizing a non-Christian to make such a person Christian. We know that the right-wing Hindutva brigade has always been against religious conversion, thinly veiled as “forceful conversion.” Several anti-conversion laws have been passed in variousContinue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes Pilar, Nov 19, 2022: The canonization process of Venerable Agnelo D’Souza has entered a new phase after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints began to study a miracle attributed to the saintly priest from Goa. “The process of this case has begun,” Father Nazareth Fernandes, superiorContinue Reading
By LiCAS.news November 18, 2022: A Filipino Catholic nun waves a “red card” for Qatar for alleged lack of respect for human rights and for reportedly exploiting migrant workers ahead of the World Cup that will open on November 20. In football, a “red card” is shown by a refereeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jabalpur, Nov 18, 2022: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered the state government not prosecute inter-religious couples who got married in violation of a state law that prohibits religious conversion for the purpose of marriage. The principal bench of the high court based in JabalpurContinue Reading
By Ivin Tomy New Delhi, Nov 14, 2022: A leading Jesuit theology college in India has prepared 72 lay theologians to carry forward Christ’s mission in the world. Their graduation took place November 13 at Vidyajyoti College of Theology in Old Delhi. The college has been preparing lay theologians throughContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Nov 15, 2022: For Jaishree Sabharwal, Shanti Avedna Sadan (Home of Painless Peace) was a heaven on Earth where some “angels” took care of her mother, a terminally ill cancer patient. “I brought my mother here on July 22 after she was diagnosed with stageContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Nov 13, 2022: More than 460 volunteers of the Prison Ministry India will gather in Goa to address “Reform to Integrate .” The ministry’s 13th national convention on November 15-18 at Joseph Vaz Renewal Centre, Old Goa, will be attended also by a cardinal, three bishops,Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Rourkela, Nov 12, 2022: The Catholic Church leaders in Odisha have mourned the death of Emeritus Bishop Alphonse Bilung, the first prelate of Rourkela who had ordained more than 100 priests and blessed around 1,000 nuns. The Divine Word prelate died at 9:40 pm on November 11Continue Reading
