By Arul Gnanapragasam Chennai, March 12, 2019: A Catholic bishop was reportedly hospitalized in Tamil Nadu, southern India, after a group of Catholics attacked him over a land dispute. Police in Marthandam in Kanniyakumari district have registered a case against 58 people for attacking Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel of KuzhithuraiContinue Reading
by Philip Mathew Thrissur, March 11, 2019: Sister Linnet Antony is a trained musician in the Carnatic system. She is also a music teacher and a member of the Society of Kristu Dasis (Handmaids of Christ), an indigenous congregation founded in 1977 by Archbishop Emeritus Jacob Thoomkuzhy. Sister Antony hasContinue Reading
by Saji Thomas Kuravilangad, March 11, 2019: As the Vatican grapples to devise stronger protocols and responses following a historic summit focused on clergy sex abuse of minors, five nuns in India complain of church repression for their support of a former superior general who was allegedly raped by aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Amritsar, March 11, 2019: A village in the northern Indian state of Punjab observed the International Women’s Day differently. The women of Ramdas in Amritsar district have decided to stamp out liquor consumption from their village and set an example for others in Punjab, one ofContinue Reading
By Anushree Bernard The United Nations in 1975 declared March 8 as the International Women’s Day (IWD) to celebrate the social, cultural, political and economic achievements of women across the world. The day gained prominence over the years as it grew from strength to strength giving a spectacle to allContinue Reading
Nairobi, March 10, 2019: Four Indians were among 157 people killed when an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashed early on March 10. “There are no survivors on board the flight, which carried passengers from 33 countries,” says state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, quoting an unidentified source at the airline. TheContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 10, 2019: Jesuit Father Victor Edwin, who teaches Islam in Delhi’s Vidyajyoti College and several other Catholic theological institutes, has embarked on a new mission – help Christians and Muslims shed their misconceptions about each other and work together for peace and harmony. AsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, March 10, 2019: A group of Salesian Alumni coordinated the visit of Salesian Cardinal Charles Bo of Myanmar to Kolkata. The cardinal was on a two day visit to the eastern Indian city to meet with his ailing brother Bernard. The prelate, who is theContinue Reading
By Aparna Banerji Jalandhar, March 10, 2019: A member of a campaign to help Catholic nuns in distress says the five sisters who protested against a rape accused bishop now lead a scared life because of pressure from the Church. The members of the Missionaries of Jesus are certain thatContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Kolkata, March 9, 2019: Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon in Myanmar and head of the Catholic Church in Asia, was chief guest at the International Women’s Day events in Kolkata. held at Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library situated in the Indian Council for Cultural RelationsContinue Reading
