By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 12, 2019: The Jesuits of Jamshedpur province in Jharkhand state plan to apply for bail for one of their conferrers arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a minor girl. “We are preparing the bail and will file it tomorrow in a court inContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Kochi, September 12, 2019: Some 1,500 people in Kerala went hungry on September 11 when the southern Indian state celebrated its most popular festival Onam that ensures sumptuous meals are served to all. They belong to 365 families living in five waterfront apartment complexes at Maradu, aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jallianwala Bagh, September 11, 2019: Archbishop of Canterbury Reverend Justin Welby says he had a deeply humbling experience at Jallianwala Bagh, the site of British colonial era massacre. The spiritual head of the Church of England visited Jallianwala Bagh in the northern Indian state of PunjabContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Sept. 10, 2019: Stating that his visit to India was “prayer, pilgrimage, and pastoral,” the Archbishop of Canterbury – leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion – took time to encourage political leaders to maintain the country’s commitment to religious freedom. On Sept. 8, after celebrating a serviceContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Kalimpong, Sept 10, 2019: Fr. Edouard Gressot, the last surviving Canons Regular missionary who worked in Kalimpong under Darjeeling diocese and was associated with St. Augustine’s School, Kalimpong, expired on September 9, 2019 at St. Maurice Abbey, Switzerland. Fr. Edouard Gressot was born on January 17, 1922.Continue Reading
Rajamala, September 10, 2019: A one-year-old toddler fell off a moving jeep but survived the fall and was reunited with its mother hours later in Kerala. Rohita, the infant, fell from her mother Sathyabhama’s lap at 5th mile checkpost in Rajamala at around 9:30 pm on September 7 as theirContinue Reading
Ranchi, September 10, 2019: Jharkhand Police have dropped the murder charge against 11 accused in the death of 22-year-old Tabrez Ansari attacked by a mob four months ago in the eastern Indian state’s Saraikela-Kharsawan area. Citing the “final post-mortem report” that Ansari died of “cardiac arrest,” and that it wasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 9, 2019: On the eve Indian bishops’ Ad Limina Apostolorum visit to the Vatican, a senior Dalit leader requested Pope Francis to speak to Church leaders on the plight of Dalit Christians. “Now, at the eve of the Ad Limina visit to RomeContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, September 9, 2019: The Miao unit of the Catholic Religious in India (CRI) organized an animation program for the domestic support staff to celebrate the birthday of Blessed Virgin Mary. The domestic support staff in convents and schools work restlessly without break behind the four wallsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 9, 2019: Jesuit social activist Father Irudaya Jothi has received this year’s “Nation Builders Award 2019” The event on Sept 7 at Rotary Sadan took place a day ahead of the celebrations of the International Literacy Day. Father Jothi received the award, along withContinue Reading
