By Niladry Sarkar Kolkata, Jan 20, 22: Stunting among children aged five years and below has increased in seven districts of West Bengal, according to the latest National Family Health Survey, published in November 2022. The numbers of wasted and underweight children have also increased in 10 and nine districtsContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Jan 20, 22: The acquittal of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar in the rape case filed against him by the former superior general of the diocesan congregation Missionaries of Jesus in June 2018 has shocked — not just her supporters — but many feminists and otherContinue Reading
By LiCAS.news Yangon, Jan 18, 2022: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar has issued a statement last week calling for humanitarian assistance to thousands of people who have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in the country. In a letter of appeal released on January 14, the Church leaders calledContinue Reading
By John Paul Jaipur, Jan 18, 22: As many as 300 attacks on Christians have taken place in India in the past nine months, says a report of a fact-finding team. The report titled, “”Christians Under Attack in India,” was released January 18 at a press conference in Jaipur, capitalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kohima, Jan 18, 2022: A Catholic priest from India who was working in Australia died of cardiac arrest January 18 while on vacation in his native country. Father Manoj Manuel, a priest of the diocese of Kohima diocese, died in Aizawl, capital of Mizoram state inContinue Reading
By Raynah Braganza Passanha Pune, Jan 17, 2022: During an address at Dublin Castle on August 18, 2018, Pope Francis said, “The failure of ecclesiastical authorities — bishops, religious superiors, priests and others — adequately to address these appalling crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a sourceContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Bordumsa, Jan 17, 2022: A young boy from a remote village of Arunachal Pradesh has won the national championship in power lifting competition. Ongbem Mossang was given a rousing reception January 17 on his return to his native village, Magantong in Changlang district. The 21-year-old youth fromContinue Reading
By George Kannanthanam Bengaluru, Jan 17, 2022: When Mastan rushed to my office this morning on January 17 and told me that he could not sleep last night, I was worried that he was not well. But it turned out to be an excitement when he told me, “Father, myContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Palai, Jan 17, 2022: Father John Purakkattuputhenpura was among several young professionals who are being ordained Catholic priests this year as the Church in India struggles with clergy abuse and other scandals. These young men have ignored negative reports about priesthood to leave their lucrative and promisingContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Sancole, Jan 17, 2022: The feast of Saint Joseph Vaz, the patron of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, was celebrated January 16 at Sancoale, where the saint wrote a letter of bondage to the Blessed Virgin in the 17th century. Bishop Anthony Alwyn Fernandes BarretoContinue Reading
