By Irudhaya Jothi Dindigul, Jan 26, 2022: Jesuit canonist and lawyer and a former professor in Delhi’s Vidyajyoti theologate died of Covid-19 January 26 in Dindigul town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was 69. Father Jeyaseelan Thomas Barnabas suffered a massive heart attack and died atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Madurai, Jan 24, 2022: A Catholic nun on January 26 completed six days in jail after her arrest in connection with the suicide of a school girl in Tamil Nadu. Meanwhile radical Hindu groups are using the suicide as ploy to target Christians in the southernContinue Reading
Bu chhotebhai Kanpur, Jan 25, 2022: When our kids were quite small they regaled visitors to our home with this story. “There were three friends named Somebody, Nobody and Mad. One day Somebody killed Nobody so Mad went to the police station and blurted out that Somebody had killed Nobody.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Jan 25, 2022: The Archdiocese of Goa and Daman has celebrated the Sunday of the Word of God. During his homily on January 23 at St. Michael Church in Taleigao, local prelate Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferraro reminded the faithful of the importance of their baptismalContinue Reading
By Mathai Kadavil Kottayam, Jan 23, 2022: Father Joshua Edakadambil, an Indian Catholic priest serving in Ethiopia as a missionary was kidnapped by rebel soldiers but released him in 24 hours. The member of the Order of the Imitation of Christ, or Bethany Ashram, has been working in the ApostolicContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 23, 2022: The Indian Christian Women Movement, an ecumenical group, has issued an open letter addressed to the leaders of various Churchesin the country. The text: We, as women of the Churches, waited for the verdict impatiently, we were so sure that the accused will be indicted.Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 23, 2022: The Delhi chapter of the Indian Christian Women’s Movement (ICWM) has demanded immediate reinstatement of the rape survivor nun in her congregation. The movement, representing women from various Christian denominations across the country, on January 22 met Archbishop Anil J Couto ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, Jan 23, 2022: Sister Nathalie Becquart, the Under Secretary of the Synod in Rome expressed appreciation for the ecumenical initiative of St Patrick’s Church, Kanpur. In her message, the member of the Congregation of Xavieres said,” I wish you a fruitful spiritual experience of beingContinue Reading
By George Karuvelil Patna, Jan 22, 2022: 72 years ago we declared ourselves a secular republic. And our secularism is in serious trouble today. Some gloat over it; others bemoan it. But what brought it to its deathbed? No, the ills of Indian secularism did not begin with Narendra ModiContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, Jan 22, 2022: Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on January 22 ordained a Fransalian priest from Odisha’s Kandhamal along with two other deacons. The ordination of Rajat Kumar Digal and two other deacons took place in St. Vincent’s Pro-Cathedral in Bhubaneswar, capital of the eastern IndianContinue Reading
