By Joseph Maliakan New Delhi, Jan 31, 2025: Granting bail to a Muslim cleric arrested 11 months ago under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act 2021, the Supreme Court has ruled that judges on their whims and fancies cannot deny bail to any accused saying thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Jan 30, 2025: More than 200 Catholic bishops gathered at Bhubaneswar, capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, on January 30 observed Martyrs’ Day that commemorates the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. They gathered around the Gandhi statue on the campus of Xavier InstituteContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Azimganj, Jan 25, 2025: Kolkata’s youth-fest icon of the 1980s on January 25 celebrated the 60th year of his religious profession among Murshidabad’s tribal youth at Azimganj. Salesian Father K.K. Anthony Kariyattil is currently the confessor and teacher of Salesian pre-novices and aspirants at Savio Bhavan inContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Guwahati, January 8, 2025:– A revealing survey on the migration trends of the Satgaon parish community has brought to light significant patterns in population movements. Conducted in 31 villages of Mary Help of Christians parish in Satgaon, West Karbi Anglong, the survey was administered between May andContinue Reading
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 6, 2025: An exhibition organized in conjunction with the exposition of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier featured 62 Goan artists from different religious backgrounds. The “Footprints of Hope” was held at St John of God Convent, Old Goa. The 45-day exposition ended on January 5.Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Dec 31, 2024: People from diverse faiths watched a carol singing program at the Fountain, a point of interreligious gathering during various religious festivals, in the heart of the Goan capital of Panaji. The parishioners of St Sebastian’s Chapel and St Francis Xavier’s Chapel, Mala (partContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kollam, Dec 31, 2024: A court in Kerala, southern India, has summoned a Catholic priest, who allegedly used a sermon to defame some parishioner. The parishioners had reportedly called for transparency in the parish accounts. Father Joseph Kadavil, former parish priest of St Augustine Church, Thalamukalil,Continue Reading
By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, Dec 26, 2024: Christmas celebrations were disrupted by violent incidents across India. Reports of attacks on Christians have come from Manipur in northeastern India, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in the north, and Kerala, south. The violence was allegedly carried out by rightwing Hindu groupsContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Dec 14, 2024: The Imphal archdiocese that covers Manipur on December 14 joined an interfaith gathering to mourn the loss of lives and to pray for reconciliation among conflicting groups in the strife-torn northeastern Indian state. As part of a nationwide initiative titled “Mourning and ForgivenessContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, November 27, 2024: A student delegate from Don Bosco School Park Circus, Kolkata at COP29 held in Baku Azerbaijan last week, was declared Climate Ambassador by United Nations Agency for Development and Peace (UNADAP). The citation presented to 14 year old student Swanik Choudhury of ClassContinue Reading
