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
By Matters India Reporter Sobri, Assam, Jan 16, 2022: A three-day convention was organized to help Ranglong, one of the critically endangered tribal communities of northeastern India, to reinvent, rejuvenate and become relevant in modern society. Some 1,000 people attended the January 14-16 convention held at Sobri village near St.Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Jan 16, 2022: The Church in the eastern Indian state of Odisha is mourning the death of native priest in the third wave of Covid-19 now on the rise across the country. Father Sushant Kumar Mantri, a member of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales,Continue Reading
Madrid, Jan 16, 2022: Spain’s Catholic Church is to set up local commissions to hear complaints from victims of abuse after holding talks with Pope Francis about allegations over eight decades detailed in a Spanish newspaper. El Pais in December published the results of a three-year investigation it said uncoveredContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Jan 16, 2022: It is not a good time to be a Catholic. Let alone, being a priest, religious, bishop or even Pope. It is all over and around: abuse cases, financial malpractices, clerical arrogance, and cries of simple sheep left high and dry byContinue Reading
