By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 26, 2020: Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi has asked Catholic parishes and Church institutions in the archdiocese to offer relief to those affected by the communal riots raging in the national capital. “At this trying moment when communal riots have suddenly gripped Delhi letContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 25, 2020: Even as India prepared to welcome the American President Donald J Trump, who on his two-day visit to India reportedly plans to discuss, among other things, the issue of religious freedom in India with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Religious LibertyContinue Reading
Neriamangalam, Feb 24, 2020: A 32-year-old Catholic priest died of drowning after a boat capsized in Kerala’s Periyar river. The mishap occurred at around 6:30 pm on February 23 when Father John Padinjattuvayalil and two other two priests of Kothamangalam diocese were in a boat. The boat turned upside downContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb. 24, 2020: The Sunni Waqf Board, a top Muslim body, will accept the five-acre plot allotted by the Uttar Pradesh government in Ayodhya earlier this month in line with a Supreme Court verdict on the decades old temple-mosque dispute. The Muslim body today said apart from aContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 24, 2020: A Delhi Police officer was among five people killed February 24, the second day of violence that broke out across multiple northeast Delhi neighborhoods. Protesters for and against the controversial citizenship law threw stones, set vehicles and shops ablaze and transformed parts of the nationalContinue Reading
Indore, Feb 23, 2020: A bank manager in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has been charged with violent and abusive conduct after forcing his way into a girls’ hostel and beating up and verbally harassing students. Amarjeet Singh, 45, an employee at a private bank, was arrested on February 22 for assaultingContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram, Feb. 22. 2020: A day after the second complaint of sexual harassment against the deposed bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mullakal, surfaced, Kerala nuns fighting for justice for the first complainant asked church authorities not to shield him and take action against him under the Canon law. The statement ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 22, 2020: A road in Shaheen Bagh in the national capital was reopened on February 22, some 70 days blocked it was blocked amid protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Shaheen Bagh in south Delhi has been the epicenter of anti-CAA protests in Delhi since mid-December followingContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Burdwan, Feb. 22, 2020: More than 100 lay leaders from Asansol diocese in West Bengal state on February 22 decided not to show any record if asked for data collection in connection with the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The lay leader along with 25 priestsContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 21, 2020: Most protesters at Shaheen Bagh have told the interlocutors that the Supreme Court should first decide on their demand for repealing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Supreme Court lawyers Sanjay Hegde and Sadhna Ramachandran spoke to the women for the second day on February 20Continue Reading
