By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 2, 2022: A court in Kerala has awarded 18 years of rigorous imprisonment to a Catholic priest for sexually abusing four minor seminarians. The Additional Sessions Court dealing with POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) cases on April 29 found Father ThomasContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, May 2, 2022: The fifth National Catholic Youth Conference will be held in North East Region in October 2023. The decision was made at the end of the fourth conference held April 26-May 1 at Nadiad, Gujarat, western India. Regional youth director Fransalian Father John BarmanContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Lucknow, May 2, 2022: Some Catholic leaders in Uttar Pradesh have welcomed a government drive to remove loud speakers from religious places in the northern Indian state. “If the government is doing it in a non-partisan way and without religious prejudices, it is to be appreciated,” saysContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Jaffna, May 2, 2022: Cletus (name changed) is just 24 but now undergoes treatment for heroin addiction at a rehabilitation center in northern Sri Lanka. The region, once the center of the armed conflict between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tigers, now faces a new crisisContinue Reading
By Mathew Korattiyil Pune, May 2, 2022: A two-day drive against child labor and beggary has reached thousands of people in Pune, the cultural capital of Maharashtra state in western India. Pune-based Sarva Seva Sangh (union at the service of all) of the Divine Word Society conducted the April 29-30Continue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, May 2, 2022: There are books and books: some are meant to decorate bookshelves, others are read and forgotten; then there are still others, when internalized are inspirational, motivating the reader to action. The newly released book, “If Not Now, When? Disquieting Feminist Questions,” clearlyContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, May 2, 2022: A Catholic nun, who has completed 50 years serving the poor and downtrodden, says God’s call is irresistible. “Nobody can stop God’s call neither parents nor anyone, Sister Christa Joseph, a member of the Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa, told Matters India atContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, April 30, 2022: Pope Francis on April 30 appointed Salesian Father Nirmol Vincent Gomes as the bishop of Krishnagar, a diocese in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. This was announced at 12 noon in Rome. The diocese was without a bishop after PopeContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, April 30, 2022: Father Anthony Packiam, the parish priest of the Christ the King church under the archdiocese of Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, started washing the feet of marginalized people decades before Pope Francis decreed that women’s feet could be washedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 29, 2022: Men and women have reacted differently to a retired judge’ remarks that rape cases end in low convictions because women misuse the laws. While men welcomed the remarks as “a bold statement” women found them shocking and traditional attitudes of viewingContinue Reading
