By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 9, 2021: The Indian Catholic Women Movement, an ecumenical forum, has expressed “deep distress and anguish” at the killing of civilians in a messed-up counter-insurgency operation in Nagaland. “The killing of innocent lives calls for a just probe into the matter, in orderContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Dec 9, 2021: Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi as the apostolic administrator of the diocese of Daltonganj. The appointment was announced on December 8 in Rome. “This appointment is an additional to his present office as Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi,”Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Nov 9,2021: Faridabad, one of the Syro-Malabar dioceses facing troubles over mode of offering Mass, has suggested a new formula to bring peace. However, a laity group that leads the protests, dismisses the formula as unacceptable. The formula was suggested in a December 4 circularContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 9, 2021: Farmers in India on December 9 announced the end of their historic protests, making their supporters in the country, including Christians, euphoric. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, (SKM, United Farmers Front), that led the protests against three controversial farm laws and other issues,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 9, 2021: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) December 9 joined national and international leaders to express shock and sadness over a chopper crash that killed 13 people, including India’s Chief of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat. The crash occurred December 8 when Rawat,Continue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, Dec 8, 2021: A village in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh on December 8 organized a condolence prayer service for civilians killed in army firing in neighboring Nagaland state. Youth, elders, women and children of Neotan, a Tangsa tribal village, came together to express their condolenceContinue Reading
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
