By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 8, 2021: A group of Catholic women on December 8 called for setting up a fact-finding team to study frequent cases of Catholic nuns dying by suicide in Indian convents. The women, calling themselves as “concerned citizens” made the demand in a letter toContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Dec 7,2021: Although I had suggested many practical proposals of crisis prevention and management in my previous articles I feel it worth repeating many of them. I suggest the following practical tips after experimenting and found fruitful over last three decades. • Start interfaith prayers inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 7, 2021: The Supreme Court on December 7 refused to interfere with a Bombay High Court order granting bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, a lawyer arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case. The default bail order of Bharadwaj, 60, comes into effect fromContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Dec 7, 2021: Propaganda by the Hindutva forces with false allegations of conversion against many of Christian institutions across the country has increased recently. The RSS led organizations are active both in anti-Christian propaganda and religion based polarization of the whole country. In the past, anti-ChristianContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur, Dec. 7, 2021: A Catholic priest in Odisha hopes to achieve his childhood dream of playing hockey for India. He now trains women to become the country’s future hockey team and his main supporter is his bishop. “I always wanted to become a member of India’sContinue Reading
By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala Mumbai, Dec 6, 2021: It is not an easy time to be Catholic. Thanks to cyberspace, today we are instantly aware of the scandals and controversies that crop up in different parts of the world, and the collective weight can just be too much. During theseContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 6, 2021: The killing of civilians by security forces in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland has evoked widespread condemnation from student unions, political parties and Church groups. The incident has led to fresh demand for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers)Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Dec 6, 2021: A mob of more than 500 people on December 6 attacked a Catholic school in a town of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, accusing it of indulging in religious conversion. Brother Antony Pynumkal, principal of St Joseph’s School at GanjContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Dec. 4, 2021: A Salesian parish was among 19 frontline Covid warriors honored by a member of the Karnataka legislative assembly. K J George, who represents Sarvagnanagar constituency in the assembly, told a December 4 function that the Covid warriors, including the Don Bosco ShrineContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 5, 2021: The birthplace of a Catholic woman freedom fighter whom Mahatma Gandhi labeled “the Jhansi Rani of Travancore” is among 80 Indian villages where culture mapping in now underway. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts has selected Kanjirapally in Kerala’sContinue Reading
