By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, April 15, 2024: The season of Lent for every Christian is a time of prayer and penance. So, it was not surprising to me that some of my community members raised their eyebrows when I suggested that we watch a movie running in the nearby theater.Continue Reading
Sydney, April 15, 2024: A bishop is among multiple people allegedly stabbed during a church service on April 15 night in southwest Sydney, Australia. The attack occurred at the Assyrian Orthodox Church, Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, just after 7 pm (11:30 pm Indian time). A video onlineContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sonada, April 14, 2024: An alumnus of Salesian Institute of Graphic Arts Chennai on April 14 handed over a copy of his latest book “Spirit of Excellence” to vice rector of Salesian Studentate of Philosophy Father C J Mathew at Sonada, Darjeeling. Result of a two-monthContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Burdwan, April 14, 2024: A group of youth of Asansol diocese has decided to become Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) animators in their parishes. The decision came during an orientation held at Chetana Pastoral Center, Burdwan, about 110 km northwest of Kolkata. Around 40 youth from 12Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Chicalim, April 14, 2024: Catholics in Goa have rejoiced after a court dismissed an eight-month-old case against a Catholic priest who had allegedly insulted Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj, the 17th century Martha king. The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on April 13 quashed the First InformationContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, April 13, 2024: Three times I had accompanied my daughter to a few shopping malls. Once you are inside, you get a feel that you are in a foreign land. I have found the food courts overcrowded. I have witnessed over-eating and wastage of food.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jharsuguda, April 12, 2024: Unidentified miscreants looted a Divine Word mission in Odisha, eastern India, after attacking four priests, teachers and workers living in the campus. The April 10 incident took place at the mission at Bagdehi, more than 20 km northeast of Jharsuguda, the headquartersContinue Reading
Kochi, April 10, 2024: A church under the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese in Kerala on April 10 showed a documentary on the Manipur violence to students attending its vacation catechism classes. The Sanjopuram St Joseph’s Church’s move came almost a week after another Kerala diocese screened the controversial movie ‘The Kerala Story”Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, April 10, 2024: Catholics in India seem divided over the screening of a controversial film by a diocese in the southern Indian state of Kerala to enlighten teenagers against love jihad. A group of Catholic intellectuals, mostly those living outside Kerala, condemned the Idukki Syro-MalabarContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, April 10, 2024: Jesuit Father Ladislaus Chinnadurai, who had taught former Indian President Abdul Kalam, died at 5 pm on April 10 at Beschi Illam, Dindigul, in Tamil Nadu. He was 100. According to the Jesuit Madurai province, the funeral services will be held atContinue Reading
