By Rani Punnaserril New Delhi, April 6, 2022: Catholic dioceses in northern India have decided to launch a series of steps to help the poor and migrant workers. To start with, they would launch programs to educate migrants about various government welfare programs as part of the Church’s attempts toContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 6, 2022: Global outrage continues to mount against Russia as Ukrainian authorities said that the bodies of more than 410 civilians have been found in towns around Kyiv after the Russian pullout from the besieged city. Photos and videos online purportedly showed the streets of Bucha, northwestContinue Reading
By Lisa Zengarini Vatican City, April 6, 2022: The Vatican has called for closer international cooperation to ensure that victims of human trafficking receive adequate care and appropriate forms of restoration. Monsignor Janusz Urbańczyk, the Vatican Permanent Observer to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), reaffirmed thisContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmad Ranchi, April 3, 2022: A notification by the government of Jharkhand banning ‘illegal mining and selling of mica’ has put the livelihoods of thousands of mica scrap dealers and laborers in jeopardy. Around 200,000 unorganized workers are involved in mica business in Jharkhand, a mineral rich state,Continue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi, April 3, 2022: The Indian Missionary Society has a new pan Indian service team for the coming six years headed by Father Prasanna Raj. They were elected at a week-long general chapter that ended March 1 at Vishwa Jyoti Gurukul, Christnagar, Varanasi, the mother house ofContinue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario Kolkata, April 3, 2022: Sister Mary Joseph, the newly elected superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, says her global congregation will continue its original mission of serving the poorest of the poor, despite numerous hurdles. She also asserts that religious conversion is not their agendaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 3, 2022: Clericalism, which Pope Francis calls “a perversion of the priesthood,” operates also among some Catholic priests and bishops in India, says a Jesuit moral theologian. Clericalism is largely centered on one’s access to power and wealth in the Church, which inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kothamangalam, April 2, 2022: Another mysterious death of a novice nun was reported from Kerala, the southern Indian state with a sizable Catholic population. According to “Mathrubhumi,” a Malayalam daily newspaper, Anu Alex was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her room in the SacredContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 2, 2022: The Catholic Church has lost another Church in the land of Telugu. Bishop Emeritus Innayya Chinna Addagatla of Srikakulam died at 11:30 pm on April 1, at the residence of the local bishop. He was 84, says a report from FatherContinue Reading
Valletta, April 2, 2022: Pope Francis arrived in Malta in the morning of April for his 36 visit abroad and his first journey of 2022. His two-day visit and pilgrimage to the Mediterranean island will follow in the footsteps of Saint Paul and focus on themes of evangelization and theContinue Reading
