Mumbai, May 2, 2019: A 223-year-old Armenian Church, known as the St Peter’s Church, stands amid the busy Kala Ghoda area in South Mumbai. Originally built for the Armenians who arrived in Mumbai over 200 years ago, this one-of-its-kind shrine has opened its doors to the Indian Orthodox Church, alsoContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 1, 2019: At least 16 persons, including 15 security personnel, were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Maoists in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on May 1, police said. The blast followed the Maoists torching 25 vehicles belonging to a road construction contractor earlier inContinue Reading
Paris, May 1, 2019: A hit documentary about how some Catholic priests allegedly abused nuns in different parts of the world, including India, has been pulled from the Franco-German television channel Arte after a priest complained to a German court. The big-budget media investigation, Sex Slaves in the Catholic Church,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 1, 2019: Pope Francis on May 1 transferred Bishop Derek Fernandes of Karwar to Belgaum as its new prelate, according to a press note from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India headquarters in New Delhi. The announcement was made at noon in Rome,Continue Reading
Colombo, May 1, 2019: Public Mass in the terror-hit Sri Lanka would resume in certain Catholic churches from May 5 and no bags will be allowed inside churches as part of the tight security measures, according to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith. All public church services were cancelled after the Easter SundayContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena SS.CC. Rome, April 30, 2019: A training program in Rome has helped priests and nuns handling funds in their congregations and dioceses learn the components of project management and theories of fundraising. “Right step and right direction for congregations to learn fundraising in this changing time,” remarkedContinue Reading
Panaji, April 30, 2019: In view of the Easter Sunday terror attacks on churches in Sri Lanka, the Goa Police has conducted a security assessment at one of Goa’s most popular church complexes in Old Goa, which houses 17th century religious structures, said a police officer on Tuesday. “We conductedContinue Reading
Kochi, April 30, 2019: Mor Baselios Thomas I has expressed his readiness to resign from his post of Catholicos of India, following infighting in the church. Mor Baselios Thomas has sent a letter to patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II expressing his readiness to resign. In theContinue Reading
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Gunmen killed 4 worshippers and a pastor in the first jihadist attack on a church in Burkina Faso, security and local sources said Monday, April 29, in the latest violence to rock the formerly peaceful west African nation. The raid on Sunday, April 28, took placeContinue Reading
By Julian S Das Pune, April 30, 2019: A group of South-Asian Jesuits has expressed the joy of rediscovering the richness of an Ignatian spiritual tradition. President of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia, Father George Pattery, called the ‘spiritual conversation’ as “a rare fruit.” Some 200 Jesuits from 19Continue Reading
