By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Feb 12, 2022: The Cloistered Carmel at Chicalim in the Archdiocese of Goa-Daman on February 12 celebrated 75 years of its foundation with a concelebrated Mass. Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa-Daman, presiding over the Eucharist, appreciated the Carmelite community saying, “So many people haveContinue Reading
By Dr Laura Vaz Mumbai, Feb 12, 2022: Recently the country, especially the Catholic community, was shaken by the news that Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar who was accused of raping a nun several times, was acquitted by a trial court in Kottayam, Kerala. Many felt outraged by this verdictContinue Reading
Kiliyanthra, Feb 9, 2022: A Catholic nun from India died in a car accident in Connecticut in the United States of America. Sister Anila Puthenthara died at 11 pm February 6 (9:30 am Indian time on February 7) while going for duty in St Joseph’s Livil Nursing Home. She wasContinue Reading
By Raynah Braganza Passanha Pune, Feb 8, 2022: Dear Pope Francis, I write to you with deep respect and love – both for you as a person, the position you hold and especially immense love for Mother Church. I write to you in the spirit of a child responding toContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Trichy, Feb 8, 2022: Dalit Catholic groups in India have welcomed Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli’s appreciation of their demands and his support to the Church’s Dalit policy. ‘I appreciate the immediate response of the apostolic nuncio to India,” Mathew Gnanapragasam, convener of the Tamil NaduContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 8, 2022: A Catholic bishop and five priests from Kerala, southern India, have been arrested on charges of illegal sand mining in the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district court has remanded all the six in judicial custody, but BishopContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Panaji, Feb 7, 2022: During one of the feast day Masses in January I had a strange experience. The Eucharistic celebration had started, and when the readings started, everybody sat down. I was sitting behind the choir along with two parishioners and one of my community members.Continue Reading
By Robancy Helen Trichy, Feb 7, 2022: A court in Tamil Nadu, southern India, on February 7 granted bail to a 62-year-old Catholic nun, 18 days after she was arrested in connection with the suicide of a hostel girl. Justice P Mathusuthanan, principal sessions Judge of Thanjavur, also granted anticipatoryContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Feb 7, 2022: The Apostolic Carmel Sisters on February 5 celebrated 100 years of their services in Sri Lanka. Known for their quality education, especially in the empowerment of girls and women, the congregation was invited by the Sri Lankan Church to establish educational institutions thereContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Feb 7, 2022: The initiative that the Forum of Religious for Justice and Peace (FORUM) took to organize a webinar on ‘Religious conversion’ on February 5 was laudable. Two legal experts Kalpana Kannabiran and Robin Christopher enlightened the participants on the constitutional and political dimensions ofContinue Reading
