By F M Britto Raipur, Dec 3-, 2021: A suspended Catholic priest has become a semi-god a year after his death in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Hundreds people from other religions now visit “Seva Ashram” (hermitage of service), the late Father Joseph Parecattil had opened in Parsahi village.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 22, 2021: Gaspar Delerock and his wife Shanti in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu donated blankets for the poor in Tripura, northeast, as part of celebrating their wedding’s silver jubilee. Ammu Urimainathan sent her contribution forgoing her Christmas dress and JosephContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 5, 2021: The birthplace of a Catholic woman freedom fighter whom Mahatma Gandhi labeled “the Jhansi Rani of Travancore” is among 80 Indian villages where culture mapping in now underway. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts has selected Kanjirapally in Kerala’sContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Kochi, Nov 24, 2021: After rigorous public charges of foul play and sabotage, Kerala’s High Court in Kochi Nov. 20 overruled a move to transfer the trial judge from the high-profile case against a bishop in the alleged rapes of a nun. Critics said the transfer ofContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Agartala, Nov 16, 2021: Jesuit-managed North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC) in an attempt to understand the issues around forests in Tripura and to influence policies around forests from a tribal perspective as part of climate change management conducted a study. The findings of the research wasContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 9, 2021: Families in the Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum in Kerala credit the home visits by nuns from multiple congregations with unknotting their problems and refreshing their Christian life. Nuns who have been part of the Home Mission program say it has revitalized their vocationContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Sancole, Nov 9, 2021: Villages in Goa now look spic and span and its residents spiritually renovated after October, the month of rosary. A major program during the month was the procession of “Our Lady of Rosary” organized by various parishes in this western Indian Catholic stronghold.Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Oct 8, 2021: An Indian prelate is out to gain some sheep smell. Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad says his ten-day stay in a parish has brought him closer to his people and helped him understand their issues better. The members of St Francis ofContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Oct 8, 2021: A priest in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman is on a twin mission – promote cleanliness and plant trees as part of caring for the environment. Father Milagres Dias, assistant parish priest of the Holy Trinity Church in Benaulim braved heavy monsoonContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmad Patna, Sept. 29, 2021: Young Sunaina Kumari has stopped going to school since September 22 as she lost her books during an anti-encroachment drive launched by the authorities in Patna, capital of Bihar state in eastern India. Her books were taken away by the police vehicle. HerContinue Reading