Mexico: Father Jose Guadalupe Rivas 58, and another unidentified person have been found dead on a ranch in Tecate, on the US Mexico border. Father Jose ran the Casa del Migrante de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Tecate (Baja California). He was a member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal MovementContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 20, 2022: The first Malayalam film scripted by a Catholic priest on May 20 hit theaters across the southern Indian state of Kerala. Initial reports indicate that film buffs have enthusiastically received “Varayan” (Striped or Tiger), a thriller story of a Catholic priestContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 19, 2022: Indian Catholics, both lay people and religious, have welcomed Pope Francis ushering in equality and fraternity in religious congregations that have priests and brothers as members. “It is not a small technical or legal change but a profound shift with enormous theologicalContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican City, May 18, 2022: Pope Francis on May 18 opened doors for brothers to become major superiors of religious congregations that have priests as members. The Pope promulgated a rescript concerning the possibility of a dispensation from Canon 588 §2 of the Code of CanonContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, May 18, 2022: Nine people have been killed and more than 660,000 people affected by floods in Assam’s 27 districts. More than 48,000 people have been shifted to 248 relief camps. More than 100,000 people have been affected in Hojai and Cachar, the worst-hit districts.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 18, 2022: As many as five people have found a new lease in life after the parents donated their six year-old daughter’s organs. Roli Prajapati was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Noida, in western Uttar Pradesh. She was rushed to the hospital,Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, May 18, 2022: Fascists use manipulative strategies aimed at whipping up sympathy and support from the majority community, to which they normally ‘belong.’ They do so in a variety of insidious and subtle ways. In the past few months, they have gone overboard in their effortsContinue Reading
By Tabeenah Anjum Jaipur, May 18, 2022: An author from a tribal community says writing about the marginalized is like walking a tight rope. “It is like a tug of war from the two sides and that is the challenge, we as writers are facing in the present times,” saysContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmad Patna, May 18, 2022: The forced hoisting of a saffron flag atop a mosque in Bihar during the recent Ram Navami procession was an attempt to provoke Muslims to retaliate with violence, says a fact-finding report by the state unit of People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL).Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pathanamthitta, May 18, 2022: A Muslim police officer’s act of kindness has brought joy to the families of two Hindu autorickshaw drivers in Pathanamthitta, Kerala. Assar Uman Ebin Umar Sahib, a Sub Inspector, decided to meet autorickshaw drivers in the southern Indian town to find outContinue Reading
