By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, April 22, 2019: The Indian Catholic Forum has expressed deep shock and dismay at the wanton killings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday morning. Almost 300 people were killed on April 21 in bomb blasts in three churches and various hotels frequented by foreigners inContinue Reading
By Mathew Schmalz More than 200 people, including several foreign nationals, were killed in several coordinated bomb attacks on churches on hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter. Several Christian communities spread across the island nation were targeted in the attack: Suicide bombers detonated one set of bombs at churches inContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Yangon, April 22, 2019 — The President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference Charles Cardinal Maung Bo sent a letter of solidarity and condolence to Albert Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka on 21 April 2019 in the wake of the serial bomb blasts thatContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, April 22, 2019: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore has allowed a shelter home for the poor streets dwellers within the premises of his own residence. Archbishop Emeritus Bernard Moras opened the home on April 21 in the presence of civil authorities, heads of institutions andContinue Reading
Panaji, April 22, 2019: The Goa government has put on high alert all churches in the western Indian state following the serial blasts in Sri Lanka that killed more than 200 people. The government has also directed hotels to maintain strict vigil on the tourist visiting the place, according toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Balasore, April 22, 2019: Bishop Simon Kaipuram of Balasore died early morning on April 22 due to massive heart attack. The Vincentian prelate was 65. The funeral is scheduled at 3 pm on April 24, according to Father Prasan Singh, deputy secretary of the Odisha CatholicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, April 21, 2019: Consolata Sister Eugenia Bonetti, who wrote the Way of the Cross to pray at Rome’s Colosseum on Good Friday, says it helped highlight sorrows of women, youth and those without hope. “I found it as an opportunity to bring to the Colosseum,Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 21, 2019: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, on April 21 expressed anguish over the bomb blasts in Sri Lanka. He rang his counterpart in Sri Lanka, Cardinal Ranjith Malcolm, to commiserate and said the Church in India “deeply saddened andContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, April 21, 2019: An Indore-based movement of value education for peace has helped hundreds of Christians to rediscover Jesus and reinvent themselves and their works in the past one decade. “My expectation of having a deeper encounter with Jesus and understanding his mission and recommitting myselfContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 21, 2019: Pope Francis on April 21 expressed his sadness at the deadly bomb attacks in Sri Lanka and said he stood with the victims of “such cruel violence.” The pontiff told the thousands of people who gathered on St Peter’s Square to hear his Easter SundayContinue Reading
