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
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 6, 2022: The Sisters in Solidarity, a national forum of Catholic women in India, on February 6 demanded “absolute transparency and accountability” in the way the Church handles sex abuse cases. The group, comprising religious and lay women, stresses revising canon law and theContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Feb 6, 2022: India woke up on February 6 to a news the nation and her citizens never wanted to hear. Lata Mangeshkar passed away at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital to Covid-related complications. The 92-year-old singer was fondly called ‘Nightingale of India’ for enthralling peopleContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Feb 6, 2022: The government of Karnataka has issued an order to ban religious dress in educational institutions to help maintain harmony in the southern Indian state. The February 5 move came after a dress code controversy in educational institutions divided some coastal districts of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6, 2022: Sister Grace Mathew was killed and three other Daughters of Mary nuns were wounded in a road accident near Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala, southern India. The nuns were returning from Thrissur on February 5 after attending an official meeting when their carContinue Reading
