By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, May 4, 2022: On April 23, during his two-day pastoral visit to Bengaluru, Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Leopold Girelli’s exhorted Indian Catholics to be “vocal” about the rights of all minority groups in India. It’s a `wake-up’ call because the nuncio has noticed thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 4, 2022: Thousands of Catholics have attended the Delhi archdiocesan consultation meetings to prepare for the Rome Synod that began more than six months ago. While Jesuit Father Stanislaus Alla, a theology professor, finds the process “truly historic,” Archbishop Anil J Couto ofContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, May 3, 2022: We witnessed Fratelli-Sorrelli Tutti in reality when around 200 people of different faiths gathered on the grounds of St. Stanislaus School Bandra, Mumbai. for an Interfaith Iftar Party. The party was organized by the interfaith group of St. Peter’s Parish (which includes membersContinue Reading
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
