By Matters India Reporter Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, is in the eye of a storm again after the report of a Church-mandated probe by an international audit was leaked to the press. “Cardinal Alencherry has lost his moral right to hold any office of theContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: From her cocoon of anonymity, when life forced Anie Siva, then an 18-year-old woman to sell lemonade and ice cream to tourists in Kerala’s Varkala, she never thought she would one day be a police inspector of the same town. Congratulating her for her success, the Kerala Police tweeted,Continue Reading
British Columbia: Days after two Catholic churches were destroyed by fire in the British Columbia province of Canada, two more Catholic churches were burned down in the province’s Interior on June 26 morning. Lower Similkameen Indian Band Chief Keith Crow said he received a call at about 4 am PTContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has allowed churches and other places of worship to open Sundays for services, but with just 15 people. This was decided at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to review the situation of the coronavirus pandemic in the southern Indian state. The meeting alsoContinue Reading
New Delhi: Thousands of farmers marking the seven-month of their agitation against three agricultural reform laws on June 26 marched to the residences of state governors. They submitted a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind through the governors, alleging an ‘undeclared emergency’ in the country. As June 26 is alsoContinue Reading
By LiCAS.news Islamabad: A human rights group working for Christians who are being persecuted because of their faith condemned the “forced conversion” of a 13-year-old girl who works as a household help in Pakistan. “Perhaps Pakistan is the only country where such crimes are happening on a daily basis underContinue Reading
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has urged Pope Francis to come to Canada to apologize for church-run boarding schools where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found. He also said that Canadians are “horrified and ashamed” by their government’s long-time policy of forcing Indigenous children to attend such schools.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: A voluntary organization of the Patna Jesuits on June 26 distributed Covid-19 relief kits to some 650 poor families in the capital city of Bihar. Jesuit Father Juno Sebastian, director of Manthan (Churning), said that this time they focused mostly the hamlets of Musahar, theContinue Reading
Vatican City: Ahead of the Vatican’s day of prayer for Lebanon on July 1, a senior Vatican official has expressed concern that the potential collapse of the country could jeopardize the Christian presence in the Middle East. Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s equivalent of a foreign minister, said June 25Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter: Mananthavady: A Catholic priest in Kerala, southern India, has inspired his bishop and other clerics through his “funeral will.” Father James Kumbukal has left a lasting mark through his funeral will, said Bishop Jose Porunnedom of Mananthavady mourning the death of his 78-year-old priest. Father KumbukalContinue Reading
