By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 19, 2020: A group of Catholic women in India has urged the national body of major superiors in the country to conduct an independent probe to help unravel the mystery behind the death of a novice nun in a Kerala convent. “Today is theContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 18, 2020: The Supreme Court of India on June 18 disallowed holding the famous chariot procession in Pune, a coastal town in Odisha, eastern India. “The Lord Jagannath rath yatra (chariot procession) and activities connected to it will not be allowed this year due to the coronavirusContinue Reading
Lucknow, June 18, 2020: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is planning to make available the locally-made Gauri-Ganesh idols in the markets in place of the Chinese-made on the occasion of Diwali this year. To realise the Chief Minister’s wish, the state’s Mati Kala Board has started working. Sculptors fromContinue Reading
Valaur, June 18, 2020: Pastor Ramesh Jebaraj says he forgives the arsonists who destroyed his church in Tamil Nadu State, southern India. “We don’t suspect anyone in particular. People of all faiths come here to pray. Someone may have done it out of jealousy, but we forgive them” Pastor RealContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Malkangiri, June 17, 2020: A peaceful rally of Christians in Odisha’s Malkangiri on June 16 demanded justice for a teenage boy hacked to death two weeks ago. Suspected religious fundamentalists on June 4 killed Samaru Madkami in Kenduguda, a village in Malkangiri district. More than 350 peopleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, June 17, 2020: The Mumbai-based Association of Concerned Catholics has expressed anguish at the alleged refusal of Catholic priests to perform funeral rites for Covid-19 victims. “It is very sad that priests refuse to conduct funerals despite the fact burying the dead is one ofContinue Reading
Kochi, June 17. 2020: The Roman Catholic church recommends continuing the pious practice of burying the dead but an archdiocese in Kerala has allowed the parishes facing shortage of land to cremate the deceased infected by coronavirus. In a circular issued to parishes under it, Thrissur archdiocese of the Syro-MalabarContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2020: More than 50 activists have condemned the Delhi police holding a renowned civil rights defender as responsible for the recent communal riots in the national capital. In a solidarity statement, the activists accused the federal government of selectively targeting Harsh ManderContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, June 16, 2020: Burglars struck twice a Syro Malabar church in Delhi during the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic. “This is the second time since the lockdown began that miscreants entered the church and took away the valuables,” Father Nobi Kalachira,Continue Reading
New Delhi, June 16, 2020: At least 20 Indian soldiers have died after a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops along the countries’ de facto border in the Himalayas late June 15, the Indian army has said. The incident occurred during a “deescalation process” underway in the Galwan Valley in theContinue Reading
