By Irudhaya Jothi Agartala, Nov 16, 2021: Jesuit-managed North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC) in an attempt to understand the issues around forests in Tripura and to influence policies around forests from a tribal perspective as part of climate change management conducted a study. The findings of the research wasContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar. Mumbai, Nov 15, 2021: We as a Church – worldwide – are preparing for a “synod on synodality” in 2023. Pope Francis is asking us to become “a synodal Church.” And in various places Catholics are preparing for ‘synods’ of various kinds. But if everyone in theContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, Nov 15, 2021: On November 14, the Children’s Day in India, a priest gave a startling sermon at the 8 am Mass in a large parish in Kolkata. He extensively quoted Pope Francis who said that the poor are the treasures of the Church; that theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 13, 2021: The controversy over the mode of offering Mass in the Syro-Malabar Church has deepened with a section of priests in Kerala accusing a Vatican congregation of misleading the Pope. “The Syro Malabar Synod being a sui iuris (self governing) Church has theContinue Reading
By Manoj Varghese New Delhi, Nov 13, 2-21: A team of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) November 8 raided a girls’ hostel run by Catholic nuns in the Sagar diocese in Madhya Pradesh accusing them of ‘conversion.’ The same institution a year ago had received appreciation forContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kailashahar (Tripura), Nov 13, 2021: Dalits are demanding Indo-Dalit individual Church and Rite when the Church in India is celebrating Dalit Liberation Sunday on November 14. Dalit Liberation Sunday is celebrated every year since 2007 by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) in collaboration with theContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Nov 12, 2021: Young Catholics in Tamil Nadu are in the forefront of rescue and relief operations among the flood victims in the southern Indian state. At least 18 people have died in rain related incidents across the state, official estimates said. Some hundred youthContinue Reading
By Philip Mathew Bengaluru, Nov 12, 2021: Christians of former low caste or Dalit origin face several forms of discrimination within the Catholic Church but they never abandon their faith in Christ, says Sister Robancy Amal Helen, who has been working for the community. The 33-year-old member of Idente MissionariesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Intkheri, Nov 11, 2021: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) that made a surprise search of a girls’ hostel in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has demanded action against Catholic nuns who manage it. The nuns have appealed the district collectorContinue Reading
By Suchitra New Delhi, Nov 9, 2021: India has witnessed a complete collapse of healthcare facilities during the pandemic. Amid the lockdown, schools remain closed even when cinema theaters are open. The loss of learning has impacted marginalized communities very differently, a report titled “Confronting the Pandemic: Response and RecoveringContinue Reading
