By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Nov 2, 2021: A Muslim body in Kerala has filed a case against a Catholic bishop for allegedly promoting disharmony, enmity and hatred between two religious communities in the southern Indian state. The police in Kuravilangad town in Kottayam district November 1 registered the caseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Nov 1, 2021: A Jesuit research institute in Patna on November 1 published a book dealing with violence against women in Bihar. Srikant, director of Jagjivan Institute of Parliamentary Study and Research in Patna, released the book, “Violence against Women in Bihar,” jointly published byContinue Reading
California, Nov 1, 2021: Christians are being encouraged to pray for the family of a US pastor who was murdered October 31 outside his church. Pastor Joe Moore, 65, was walking towards his car after teaching a Bible study at the Upper Room Christian Church in Compton, California, when heContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai, Nov 1, 2021: Sacred Scripture says, “It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins” (2 Mac 12:46). It is therefore fitting that the Church draws our attention to the value intrinsic in recalling ourContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Nov. 1, 2021: Pope Francis on November 1 promoted Auxiliary Bishop Telesphore Bilung of Ranchi as the bishop of Jamshedpur. The appointment was announced at 12 noon Rome time and its corresponding time 3:30 pm in India, says a press release from Father Stephen Alathara,Continue Reading
By Felix Anthony, Miao, November 1, 2021: Minister of State for Minority Affairs John Barla has called on Arunachal Pradesh’s two Catholic bishops and discussed crucial issues affecting Christians in the northeastern Indian state and the country. The minister was on a five-day tour that ended October 31. He metContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai, Oct. 31, 2021: “O pleasant happiness to see the saints, to be with the saints, to be a saint!” exults Saint Augustine of Hippo. Each age has produced its crop of holy men and women who go to make the amazing galaxy of saints inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct. 30, 2021: Catholics in India seem overjoyed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Pope Francis to visit the country. Prime Minister Modi met the Pope in the morning of October 30 at the Vatican and the Indian leader invited the Pope toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, Oct 30, 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 30 invited Pope Francis to India. The Indian premier, who is in Italy to attend the G-20 summit, extended the invitation during his a one-on-one meeting with the Pope in Vatican City. “Had a veryContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct 29, 2021: A Catholic priest, who manages an eye donation movement, joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thousands of others to mourn the sudden death of a Kannada cine actor. Puneeth Rajkumar died October 29 following a heart attack at Vikram Hospital in Bengaluru,Continue Reading
