Ramanathapuram, April 9, 2019: A village Tamil Nadu has refused to vote in the national election as it doesn’t have any basic facilities. The Melasirupothu village is in Ramanathapuram, a district over 500 km from state capital Chennai. The villagers took out a protest march holding black flags alleging non-paymentContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Kochi, April 9, 2019: First time in the history of the Catholic Church in India, a bishop will be tried in a court for allegedly raping a nun. The Kerala police on April 9 submitted a chargesheet in the Magistrate Court in Palai against Bishop Franco MulakkalContinue Reading
Imphal, April 9, 2019: In a major relief to Manipur-based journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem, the High Court of Manipur on April 8 quashed his detention order under the National Security Act and ordered his immediate release. The 39-year-old journalist was detained for allegedly criticizing the BJP, RSS, Prime Minister Narendra ModiContinue Reading
By Siby Mathew Jaipur, April 9, 2019: The Church in India is committed to accompany migrant workers, said Fr. Jaison Vadassery, secretary, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Labour. “The economy must serve people, not the other way around. Work is more than a way to make aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 9, 2019: The Indian Christian Women’s Movement, an ecumenical group, has condemned recent mob violence on a convent school in Tamil Nadu, southern India. In a democratic country that has law enforcement agencies, the attack on a school run by sisters by “a mobContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chikkamagaluru, April 7, 2019: A land sale controversy has landed another bishop in trouble in in India. While Bishop Thomasappa Anthony Swamy of Chikamagalur claimed innocence, members of 46 parishes of the diocese in the southern Indian state of Karnataka accused him of irregularities in handlingContinue Reading
Guwahati, April 8, 2019: An appeal by Arunachal Pradesh Catholic Association to all Parishes and Catholic churches to vote for ex-Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Nabam Tuki has stirred a debate in the frontier state where political parties are trying to show their commitment to secularism. The prayer petition, which isContinue Reading
By Makiko Inoue and Mike Ives Tokyo, April 8, 2019: Catholic bishops in Japan plan to conduct a nationwide survey on sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy, church officials said April 8. Archbishop Mitsuaki Takami of Nagasaki, the leader of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, sharedContinue Reading
ASIAN bishops are set to meet in Manila this week to mark the 50th anniversary of Radio Veritas, the Catholic Church-run radio station instrumental to the 1986 “people power” revolt and efforts to fight communism in Asia through evangelization. The three-day commemoration of the golden anniversary of the twin entitiesContinue Reading
By Anju Agnihotri Chaba Jalandhar, April 8, 2019: A series of events that began unfolding in the night of March 29 has put a spotlight on the private businesses being run by some priests of the Jalandhar Catholic diocese. That night, a team of Khanna police claimed to have recoveredContinue Reading
