By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A Catholic nun was found hanging from the window of her convent chapel in Faridkot, a town in the the northern Indian state of Punjab. A message from the Bishop’s House in Jalandhar says Sister Mary Mercy died November 30, but did not giveContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Nov 30, 2021: A Catholic priest, who danced and used Indian classical music to bring the message of Christ to millions, died November 30 in Mumbai, western India. He was 77. Divine Word Father Charles Vas, a legend in Hindi liturgical hymns, was ailing forContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Nov 30, 2021: Bishops and priests have been teaching about the sacredness of Holy Mass and have made it central to all church functions. The table fellowship which Jesus held as a farewell fellowship dinner was distorted as a complicated cult after the Jewish tradition. ThroughoutContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Parsahi, Nov 30, 2021: “We have come to be prayed over, Father,” reverently pleaded a strange couple standing at my entrance. The couple’s sight produced compassion in my heart. The man stood without any footwear, wore worn out clothes, had no money even for a haircutContinue Reading
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
