By Jose Kavi New Delhi, December 6, 2023: Will heads roll in the Syro-Malabar Church? ask media groups in Kerala after Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli air-dashed to Kochi to meet with the head of the Oriental Catholic Church. Some others wonder whether the nuncio-Cardinal George Alencherry meetingContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec 6, 2023: In the wake of a mass indictment of 42 people in India over charges of fraudulent conversion of members of poor and tribal communities to Christianity, a Catholic expert is warning that recent elections in several Indian states, which saw strong gains forContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Imphal, Dec 6, 2023: Friends and relatives of Shantirani are at the forefront of a civil war in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, but the 28-year-old is fighting her own war against drug addiction. Helping Shantirani (not her real name) and about 25 other women areContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Dec 6, 2023: Pope Francis on November 10 wrote a personal letter to four German women who recently shared with him their concerns about the direction the German synodal path is taking. The German synodal way has been in the news for the last severalContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Dec 5, 2023: A Sunday ministry started by some Claretian seminarians 35 years ago guided by a priest has become a movement that gives hope to thousands on the periphery. The ministry later named as the “Hope Society” celebrated its 35 years of service at theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 4, 2023: The Syro-Malabar Church on December 4 joined those mourning the death of Christy Fernandez, a former secretary of the Indian president. Fernandez died at 12.20 am on December 4 in the Lisie Hospital in Kochi, Kerala. He was 73. He was admittedContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Dec 1, 2023: The Daughters of Charity congregation has celebrated the platinum Jubilee of its presence in Odisha state’s Kandhamal. “Hundreds of students have built their future through St. Catherine’s Schools at Raikia,” managed by the congregation, said Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in his homilyContinue Reading
By Sofia Thomas Krishnagar, Dec 1, 2023: A Jesuit social activist has challenged Christians in India to come out of their comfort zones and critique the situations around him, following the example of Christ. “Why are we afraid to stand up, to take risks and to ask questions?” Jesuit FatherContinue Reading
London, Dec 1, 2023: A list of professions most at risk from the abilities of Artificial Intelligence, has put the role of church clergy in its top 20. Out of 365 occupation categories, the study, by the Department of Education ranked clergy as the 13th most exposed profession to AIContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 30, 2023: Pope Francis on November 30 appointed bishops for four Latin rite dioceses in India. Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi, who served as the apostolic administrator of Daltonganj is appointed as the bishop of that diocese in the eastern Indian stateContinue Reading
