Vietnam, May 12, 2019: A Friday announcement on the Bui Chu Diocese’s website said the plan to dismantle the church in the northern province of Nam Dinh, set to begin Monday, will be delayed after discussion among priests and those “who truly want the best for the church.” The announcement,Continue Reading
Ghana’s chief imam is a man of few words, but the 100-year-old Muslim cleric certainly knows how to make waves – by attending a Catholic Church service as part of his birthday celebrations. Pictures of Sheikh Osman Sharubutu, sitting attentively in the pews of Accra’s Christ the King Catholic ChurchContinue Reading
Burkina Faso, May 12, 2019: Gunmen killed a priest and 5 churchgoers during mass Sunday, May 12, in an attack on a Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso, security sources and local official said. “Towards 9.00 am, during mass, armed individuals burst into the Catholic church,” the mayor ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Nagapattinam, May 11, 2019: A church in Tamil Nadu was destroyed in a suspicious arson attack, Matters India learnt on May 11. According to Shibu Thomas, founder of Persecution Relief, the incident occurred on April 24 at Thittacherry, Nagapattinam. Member of the “Jesus with us” hadContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Kochi, April 11, 2019: A court in Madhya Pradesh on May 11 ordered a police probe into a Catholic bishop’s death in a road accident almost four months ago. Judicial Magistrate First Class Nidhi Neelesh Shrivastava, Pohari, district Shivpuri has directed the police to investigate the circumstancesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palai, May 10, 2019: Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, who has been accused of raping a nun, was given extension of bail by a court in Kerala, southern India. Bishop Mulakkal, who appeared before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Palai in Kottayam district onContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 10,2019: The Supreme Court has stayed a Madras High Court judgment that ruled that salaries received by missionaries and nuns of Catholic Church are liable to be subjected to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) under Section 192 of the Income Tax Act. The bench of Justices AshokContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pondicherry, May 10, 2019: Indian Church needs a synod to search together in order to revitalize her service to God and for poor, says Capuchin Father Nithya Sagayam, a theologian and social activist. “A new collective discernment process focusing on the roots and wings of missionaryContinue Reading
It’s Saturday in Bhutan and Lotay Tshering has just completed urinary bladder repair surgery on a patient at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital. But Mr. Tshering is no ordinary doctor. During the week, he also happens to be Prime Minister in the Himalayan kingdom famous for measuring citizens’Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Cuttack, May 9, 2019: The Supreme Court of India on May 9 granted bail to Gornath Chalanseth, one of the seven innocent Christians languishing in jail for a decade due to the alleged Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a hardline Hindu group, fraud on Kandhamal, on bailContinue Reading
