By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Jan 14, 2022: A court in Kerala on January 14 acquitted Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar in the nun rape case. Judge G Gopakumar of the Additional Sessions District Court said the bishop has been let free for want of evidence. Bishop Mulakkal left theContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 13, 2022: For Sister Sunitha Ruby, a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic has proved a blessing in disguise. “Everything had come to a standstill. So, instead of putting a full stop, I wanted to continue my ministry,” recalls the member of the CongregationContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Jan 10, 2022: ‘Unity in Diversity’ has been a major phrase which I picked up during my school days. Enjoying Ramlila for ten days before Vijayadhami ran parallel to seeing the Tazia processions, to the Jains processions with slogans Vande Viram (Hail Lord Mahavira), the celebrationsContinue Reading
Coimbatore, Jan 10, 2022: Around 1,200 young people attended a job fair organized by the Don Bosco Job Placement Network of India in the first week of January in Coimbatore city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The fair held at Nirmala College for Women featured 36 companiesContinue Reading
By Shane J Alliew Kolkata, Jan 9, 2022: Running at 148 minutes and produced at a budget of US$200 million, Spider-Man: No Way Home, is the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios. In Far From Home, the identityContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Jan 8, 2022: The recent attacks of Hindu fundamentalist groups on Christian churches/worship places/institutions in different parts of India are quite alarming. In this regard I wish to quote the content of the recent e-mail received from Father Suresh Mathew, editor of Indian Currents. TheseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, Jan 8, 2022: The civil society people in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh committed to secularism and composite culture, have initiated a series of programs to promote communal harmony and peace. The programs, held under the banner of “Paigam-e-Muhabat (Message of Love), are being held in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 8, 2022: The All India Catholic Union, the largest laity group in the country, has expressed concern over the aborted visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Punjab. “The Catholic Union prays, as does every Indian citizen, for the long life of NarendraContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, January 8, 2022: Christians in India on January 8 expressed relief and joy over the federal government decision to restore the Missionaries of Charity’s license to receive overseas funds. The “most welcome” news, says Sister Dorothy Fernandes, national secretary of the Forum of Religious forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sagar, Jan 7, 2022: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the forcible shifting of orphans from St. Francis Orphanage in Sagar, a town in the central Indian state. “Shifting of 44 orphan children from St. Francis orphanage was stopped after the Jabalpur bench of MadhyaContinue Reading
