By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jan 15, 2020: Pope Francis on January 15 approved the recommendation of the Syro-Malabar Church’s synod to appoint Father Peter Kochupurackal as the new auxiliary bishop of Palghat in Kerala. The Pope has also endorsed the promotion of Auxiliary Bishop Jose Pulickal of Kanjirapally asContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur, Jan 15, 2020: Father Xavier Kodathala, the seniormost priest of Raipur archdiocese, died Jan 15 morning in a car accident. The 87-year-old priest was driving his car to the bank in Raipur city, the capital of Chhattisgarh. “It seems he hit a vehicle and wasContinue Reading
Washington, Jan. 15, 2020: For the first time, Sikhs in the US will be counted as a separate ethnic group in the 2020 census, an organisation of the minority community said on Tuesday, describing it as a milestone moment. President of the Sikh Society of San Diego Baljeet Singh saidContinue Reading
Guwahati, Jan 15, 2020: Assam is celebrating the Magh Bihu, its harvest festival, on January 15. People across the state busied themselves with lighting the meji — bonfires fed with bamboo, leaves and thatch — to seek the blessings of the gods right from dawn, as in the past OnContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jan 15, 2020: The Syro-Malabar Church, the largest Christian denomination in Kerala, alleges that Islamic State has lured scores of Christian women from the southern Indian state to be used in terror activities. “Love jihad is a reality,” asserted the Church’s synod that on JanuaryContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 14, 2020: When Surya Rajappan, a young lawyer, and her flatmate in New Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar area unfurled a banner and shouted ‘We reject CAA,’ little did they think about the amount of attention it would bring them. Living their lives, going about their chores, the twoContinue Reading
By Tessy Jacob Jharsuguda, Jan 14, 2020: Two years ago, Pope Francis declared that Oct. 1, 2019, would be the beginning of Extraordinary Missionary Month. Celebrating that month for the first time this year made me ponder my own life as a missionary. Since childhood, this was how I picturedContinue Reading
Kochi, Jan14, 2020: The Kerala High Court (HC) on Jan 13 stayed for two months the criminal proceedings in a case relating to sale of land owned by the church against Cardinal George Alencherry pending before the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kakkanad. The stay order came on a petition filedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, January 14, 2020: Jesuit Father Felix Raj, vice chancellor of St Xavier’s University, Kolkata, was honoured with Xavier Ratna Award by the Xavier Institute of Engineering, Mumbai on January 11 at its 11th Convocation. Father Raj was the Chief-Guest for the Convocation and delivered theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 14, 2020: The Workers India Federation (WIF) ended its ninth annual general body meeting in Delhi on January 14 expressing its concern over the promulgation of the new labor rights by the federal government. The January 12-14 meeting, which was held at theContinue Reading
