By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 3, 2022: Christian groups in India have welcomed the Delhi High Court questioning the basis for filing petitions on forced conversion. The bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Tushar Rao Gedela on June 3 pointed out that conversion is not prohibited in India. “It’sContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, June 4, 2022: A Catholic college in Goa marked the western Indian state’s 35th statehood day by launching a mangrove conservation project. Goa was made a state in India on May 30, 1987. St. Joseph Vaz College in Cortalim, 17 km south of the stateContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 3, 2022: The just concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) would be fresh in people’s minds. Hence one cannot be faulted for presuming that this piece is about cricket! It isn’t. It’s not about red balls but about red hats, the red Berettas given to Cardinals. TheyContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, June 3, 2022: Free thinking is good but right thinking is better. There is God. It is not just I who say that to you. The whole universe says it if you will but hear its voice. Just listen now and if you are really aContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 2, 2022: The given title of this write-up is a serious issue of concern in the Catholic Church in India. There is one group saying that there is no casteism in the Catholic Church. Another group asserts the presence of casteism in the IndianContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril New Delhi, June 2, 2022: The International Catholic Migration Commission has elected Christine Nathan, the first Asian and Indian, as its president. The election took place of when the commission’s council met May 30-June 1 in Rome. The council has members from all national bishops’ conferences inContinue Reading
Islamabad, June 1, 2022: Following a petition of the National Human Rights Commission (NCHR), the Punjab Department of General Services and Administration May end put a stop to the mention of the religion of candidates in public advertisements for jobs. For years, Pakistani civil society organizations have criticized employment advertisementsContinue Reading
By Valentina Angelucci & Giuditta Bonsangue Rome, June 1, 2022: A blue, single-breasted jacket, beret, holster hanging on her belt, and the historical motto: Sub Lege Libertas. This is the image that comes to mind when picturing a woman wearing the uniform of the Italian State Police. And that’s howContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Alappuzha: June 1, 2022: A Catholic priest was found hanging inside the parish hall of St Paul’s Church, Kalath, in Alappuzha May 31. Father Sunny Arackal’s body was found by the parishioners at 4:30 pm when they came for a meeting. He was a native ofContinue Reading
By Lissy Kurien Panaji, May 30, 2022: The elevation of Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman as a Prince of the Church, brings India its first cardinal patriarch. With this, India joins Jerusalem, Italy and Portugal. “We are used to saying cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal, and Cardinal PatriarchContinue Reading
