Kochi, July 22, 2019: Mounting ire of Catholics in Australia has forced Father Dominic Valanmanal, an Indian charismatic retreat preacher, to cancel his program in September at Melbourne. Australia is the third country after Ireland and Canada to deny the priest permission to conduct retreats after his controversial sermon onContinue Reading
By chhotebhai As the All India Catholic Union (AICU) celebrates its centenary in 2019 the incumbent National President (NP), Lancy D’cunha, has asked me to record the history of the AICU during my tenure as NP (1990-94), and what was happening before that. I have titled this chronicle “Down theContinue Reading
By Rosalin Hansda A study conducted by the World Health Organization in 2015 revealed that every fifth Indian suffers from depression. In other words, nearly 200 million people fall to various types of mental illness. However, only 10 to 12 percent of them seek help because of the odium associatedContinue Reading
Washinton, July 22: Seventy activists were arrested in Washington, D.C., on July 18 while protesting the government’s treatment of undocumented immigrant children, organizers confirmed to HuffPost. The group of Catholic sisters, priests, brothers and lay Catholic advocates recited the rosary as they gathered inside the Russell Senate Office Building onContinue Reading
Visakhapatnam, July 21, 2019: A circular from the office of the Visakhapatnam police commissioner asking police stations to take steps to prevent attacks on Christians and churches has led political uproar and protests. The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders objected to the circular’s choice of words. They say the police shouldContinue Reading
Gumla , July 21, 2019: Residents of a village in Jharkhand, eastern India, on July 21 lynched four tribal people, branding them as witches. The incident occurred around 3 am at Siskari village in Gumla district, around 110 km west of Ranchi, the state capital. Police said the mob draggedContinue Reading
New Delhi,July 20, 2019: Northeast India and Bihar continued to battle flood fury on jULY 20 as the death toll due to rain-related incidents crossed the 150-figure mark while flood-like situation prevailed in seven districts of Punjab. The flood waters showed a receding trend in Assam, however, the toll roseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Negombo, July 21, 2019: St. Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapitiya, a suburb of Sri Lanka’s Negombo town, was reopened on July 21, exactly three months after it was severely damaged in a suicide bombing. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, head of the Catholic Church in the island nation whoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 20, 2019: An indefinite protest by some priests of the archdioceses Ernakulam and Angamaly was called off on July 20 after the Permanent Synod of the Syro Malabar Catholic Church promised to address their grievances. On July 19, the priests’ delegates had talks withContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mangalore, July 20, 2019: Catholics in Mangalore have celebrated the conclusion of a diocesan inquiry into the cause of canonization of Father Raymond Francis Camillus Mascarenhas, the southern Indian diocese’s first Servant of God. On July 17, a solemn ceremony was held at the Church of StContinue Reading
