By Irudhaya Jothi Agartala, Nov 29, 2021: Bishop Lumen Monteiro of Agartala has completed 25 years as the first prelate of the northeastern state of Tripura, once a land of tension between tribals and Bengalis. The only Holy Cross bishop in India shared with Jesuit Father Irudhaya Jothi of MattersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters New Delhi, Nov 28, 2021: Tension prevailed in several parishes in the Syro-Malabar Church on November 28, the date set by its Synod to implement a new form of offering Mass. Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Oriental Catholic Church, called for prayers for unity andContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 28, 2921: A Catholic woman theologian says a recent national survey has revealed how deeply entrenched are patriarchal attitudes in Indian women. The National Family Health Survey shows that around 80 percent women in three Indian states justified men beating their wives. More thanContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dhajea, Nov 28, 2021: A rural village in Darjeeling Hills on November 28 organized open air concert of orchestra pieces and cultural dances in memory of the founder of a Catholic mission. Dhajea Busty mission was started in the 1990s by Italian Salesian Father Luigi Jellici,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 28, 2021: Catholic communicators from across Asia have stressed responsible and effective media to help people face uncertainty and disruptions in life brought by the continuing pandemic. “We believe that responsible dissemination of information is necessary in these pandemic times when misinformation andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 28, 2021: The national forum of Catholic theologians in India on November 28 mourned the death of Salesian Father Dominic Veliath as a great loss for the Church in the country. The 79-year-old internationally reputed theologian died November 27 in Bengaluru. The ChurchContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Nov 28, 2021: Salesian Father Dominic Veliath, a Indian theologian of international repute, died November 27 in Bengaluru, southern India. He was 79. Funeral is scheduled for November 29 at Kristu Jyoti Theological College, a Salesian seminary in Bengaluru, where he had served as principal forContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mirik, Nov. 27, 2021: The only Catholic church in the hill tourist town of Mirik November 27 marked its silver jubilee with the dedication of a life size statue to its pioneer Italian missionary. Salesian Father Luigi Jellici, who started a mission in Sonada in 1963, reachedContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, Nov 27, 2021: The Catholic Church in Odisha has celebrated the feast of Mary Queen of the Mission or Candle Feast with great devotion and fervor. The main celebrations November 27 were at Berhampur, known as Odisha’s silk city, where thousands of Marian devotees from variousContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Nov 27, 2021: A Church-supported farmers union has joined their counterparts across India to celebrate the first anniversary of their historic protest against three controversial farm laws. On November 26, the anniversary day, thousands of farmers took out tractor and motor rallies on the outskirts ofContinue Reading
