By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 11, 2023: Getting killed by wild animals that enter human settlements is never acceptable, asserts the head of the Syro-Malabar Church as another person was trampled to death by an elephant in the southern Indian state of Kerala. “One more life has been lostContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Feb 11, 2024: With a rare kind of lucidity, courage and prophesy, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) in early February, decried the rising polarisation in the Indian society and called for the upholding the secular ethos of the nation. They showed the audacityContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, Feb 11, 2023: For more than six years, the Supreme Court of India has been contending with a case on electoral bonds – basically the fundraising practices of political parties. The importance of the case has gained momentum in view of the imminent Lok Sabha election.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ambikapur, Feb 8, 2024: A Catholic nun has been remanded in judicial custody in connection with the death by suicide of a school girl in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. A court in Ambikapur, a major city in Sarguja district, on February 7 remanded CarmeliteContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 8, 2024: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, the first episcopal body in the world to study Artificial Intelligence (AI) seriously, has asked the country’s 174 dioceses to educate their more than 20 million members to responsibly use digital tools. “AI holds out theContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Feb 7, 2023: The Church in India is facing unprecedented situation in the current socio-political scenario that threatens religious freedom, says Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, who was re-elected the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) for another two-year term. “The religious freedomContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 7, 2024: Increasing attacks and harassment on Christian institutions and personnel in India will not prevent the Church from serving the poor and downtrodden, assert the Catholic bishops in the country. “As loyal citizens of India, we will continue serving our country whatever beContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Lucknow, Feb 6, 2023: A priest of Lucknow Catholic diocese was among seven people remanded to judicial custody on February 6 for allegedly trying to convert poor Hindus. Father Dominic Pinto and others were presented before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Barabanki, some 90Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 5, 2024: The fate of more than 700 students hangs in the air as the authorities in Kashmir have failed to renew the land lease documents of St Joseph Higher Secondary School, the oldest Catholic educational institution in the union territory. “We feel helpless,”Continue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Feb 5, 2024: Fraternity is very close to the heart of Pope Francis. Historians will employ ‘fraternity’ as an important key to unlock, understand and interpret the ministry of Pope Francis. Personally, he embodies the virtue of fraternity even as he regularly refers to itContinue Reading
