By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 16, 2023: Jesuit lawyer Father Santhanam Arokiasamy on May 16 proposed a three-fold legal assistance to the victims of the recent violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Father Arokiasamy, who is the convener of the National Lawyers Forum of Priests and ReligiousContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, May 13, 2023: Church people in Karnataka have welcomed the results of the just concluded assembly elections in the state as a “sign of hope” and people’s “befitting response” to their dissatisfaction, fear and anger. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that ruled theContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur, May 10, 2023: More than a hundred Hindu activists forcefully entered a Catholic school in Chhattisgarh to oppose a summer catechetical camp held there for Catholic children. The intruders, who entered the Vishwadeep School campus around noon on May 7, alleged the program was meantContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 8, 2023: A Catholic archbishop and two groups have urged the Supreme Court of India to appoint an agency to monitor attacks against Christians in the country. The request came from Archbishop Peter Macho of Bangalore, the National Solidarity Forum and the EvangelicalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, May 5, 2023: The situation in Manipur remains volatile with various groups vying for power and control, says the United Christian Forum of North East India that has called for prayers to bring peace to the troubled state. An emergency meeting of the forum heldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 4, 2023: The Indian Women Press Corps and Press Club of India on May 4 deplored police manhandling a woman journalist near the site of wrestlers protests. Sakshi Joshi, a digital media editor, had gone to Jantar Mantar, the popular protest site inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 4, 2023: The Syro-Malabar Church, a prominent Catholic group in India, says it opposes legalizing same sex marriage, as it is “a denial of human nature and an injustice to the family system and society.” “Legalizing same-sex marriage could lead to calls for theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Moirang, May 4, 2023: A Jesuit team was attacked by a mob May 3 in Moirang, a town in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The team was returning after house blessings to their residence in Moirang, some 45 km south of the state capital ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bilaspur, April 20, 2023: A top court in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh has granted bail to 10 Protestant Christians who have been languishing in jail for nearly four months for allegedly inciting violence. The Bilaspur High Court on April 19 released on bail theContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Chennai, April 20, 2023: Dalit Christian groups in Tamil Nadu have welcomed a resolution passed in the state legislative assembly to grant Scheduled Caste status for their people. “We are very grateful to the chief minister for the resolution that was passed in the assembly asContinue Reading