KOCHI, September 17 : Fr Binoy John, a Catholic priest hailing from Thodupuzha in Kerala, who was arrested by Jharkhand Police on charges of encroaching upon tribal land and forcible conversion, was on September 15 released on bail after week-long detention. Fr Binoy, son of Yohannan, ‘Vadakkedathuparambil’, Kalayanthani, Thodupuzha, hadContinue Reading
Jamshedpur, Sept. 16., 2019: 15 year-old student of St Xavier’s High School at Chaibasa was found hanging at her home in the Patahatu area, some 80km from the steel city, on Saturday. Her mother has accused a priest at the missionary school of humiliating and torturing her daughter. Jyoti Bari,Continue Reading
Matters India reporter Narakkal, Sept. 12, 2019: A documentary film, almost 3 years in the making, featuring the life and times of legendary Gandhian, Sarvodayam Kurian of Vypin Island in Ernakulam district of Kerala has been nominated to two International Film Festivals, in Poland and Italy. The producer and directorContinue Reading
Rome, September 15, 2019: Pope Francis will visit Thailand and Japan in November in a visit expected to highlight his call for complete nuclear disarmament and honor the small Catholic communities in each country. The Vatican confirmed the November 19-26 trip, and its diplomatic representative in Thailand, Archbishop Paul TschangContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, September 15, 2019: While rest of India debated the federal Home Minister’s suggestion to make Hindi the national language, students of a Jesuit college in Patna sang paeans to the language. The students of St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology in the capital cityContinue Reading
Hyderabad, Sept. 15, 2019: Twelve people were killed and another 36 went missing when a private tourist boat with 72 on board overturned in the swirling waters of the Godavari river at Kachuluru village of Devipatnam block in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district on Sept. 15 afternoon. East Godavari SuperintendentContinue Reading
Hyderabad, September 15,2019: Moral policing continues unabated at Hyderabad’s St Francis College for Women, an arts and science college in the city’s Begumpet area. On Friday, multiple students were halted at the gates of the institute because their kurti was an inch above their knees, leading to an altercation withContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Ragabpur, September 15, 2019: An inter-religious procession and meeting were held on September 15 at the Ragabpur Jesuit Mission near Kolkata to celebrate Mother Teresa’s birthday and feast day To mark the occasion, a procession was taken out from the village market, Nepalgunge Haat, after garlanding theContinue Reading
New Delhi, September 15, 2019: Like other college students Suryanarayanan planned a bike trip across India. However, unlike others who undertake the trip with their friends, the 21-year-old BSc Agriculture student at Doon College of Agriculture and Technology in Dehradun planned the trip with his father. The father, an agricultureContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Tezu, September 14,2019: The canonization process of two French missionaries, who were martyred in Arunachal Pradesh 165 years ago, gained momentum on September 14 with the setting up of the diocesan board of enquiry. Fathers Nicolas Michael Krick and Augustin-Etienne Bourry, members of the France’s Societe desContinue Reading
