By Varghese Alengaden Indore: “Father, how is the multinational Catholic company of India?” a visiting French social scientist asked me at the World Social Forum in Mumbai a few years ago. I recalled the French man’s question when I read the news about the demand for a Dalit Punjabi bishopContinue Reading
The head of the German bishops conference formally apologized for sexual abuse in the church, saying it “has been denied, turned away from and covered up for far too long.” “Sexual abuse is a crime,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising told a news conference Sept. 25 in Fulda,Continue Reading
A female journalist in Saudi Arabia made history as she became the first woman news presenter to deliver an evening newscast on state-owned television. Weam Al Dakheel garnered a lot of attention after she was seen co-hosting the news bulletin alongside a male news anchor. Appearing on Saudi TV alongsideContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Bhubaneswar: Catholic priests in India need to work more for justice and human rights issues defending the poor and the marginalized, said Father X. D. Selvaraj, president of the Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI). “CPCI is progressively oriented priest coming together, reasonably to inspire and encourageContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Bhubaneswar: The Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI), an association of progressive diocesan priests, honoured a Catholic priest from Odisha, Eastern India, for his commitment to promoting minority and human rights. “We are honouring Ajay Kumar Singh, a clergy of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Archdiocese, Odisha, at the CPCI nationalContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The Missionaries of Jesus congregation is on a fast on September 26 for their patron, who is now in police custody in a sexual abuse case. The congregation is in “deep sorrow and anguish” that “our innocent father Bishop Franco Mulakkal had to face arrestContinue Reading
Pope Francis admitted that sex abuse scandals surrounding the Catholic Church have driven younger people away. “We know – and you have told us – that many young people do not turn to us for anything because they don’t feel we have anything meaningful to say to them,” he toldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Jaunpur, a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has witnessed “aggressive onslaught” on Christians from Hindu fundamental groups, says the Indian unit of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), an advocacy group. “In September the district has witnessed 12 incidents of violence againstContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Junagadh: Sr. Prasanna Devi says she badly misses the company of mongooses for evening tea in the tranquility of the forest. The Catholic hermit, who has lived among lions, panthers and other wild animals deep inside a forest in western India for 40 years, emerged to liveContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden I was sad when told about the orders against Sr. Lucy Kalappurackal by the parish priest and the superiors of her congregation. The member of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation had participated in a protest to show solidarity with five nuns of the Missionaries of Jesus demanding justice.Continue Reading
