By Matters India Reporter Kochi, August 28, 2019: The Syro-Malabar Synod, the Oriental Catholic Church’s apex body, has justified the dismissal of a nun by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, and deplored what it says is the interference of outside forces in the internal affairs of a religious congregation. The synodContinue Reading
Kochi, August 28, 2019: Cardinal George Alencherry, the head of the Syro-Malabar Church, has said that the Church would become stronger through participation by laity. Addressing the valedictory of a joint meeting of the pastoral council secretaries of the church and the bishops on August 26, Cardinal Alencherry said theContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Shillong, August 26, 2019: A pioneer Salesian missionary in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura died August 25 following a massive heart attack at Salesian Provincial House at Mawlai in Shillong. Father Joseph Kizhakkechennadu, popularly known as K J Joseph, was 68. Shillong Provincial Secretary FatherContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, August 26, 2019: North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC) will organize a seminar on “Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Processes in Northeast India” later this year. NESRC was founded in 2000 as a center to combine serious intellectual pursuits with involvement with personsContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Kolkata, Aug. 26, 2019: Kolkata celebrated 109th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa with special prayers at her tomb in the Mother House at 54A Lower Circular Road and at Archbishop’s House where her bronze statue was installed to mark her canonization in 2016. Coincidentally, the day alsoContinue Reading
KOCHI, Aug 26: The Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court on Aug 24 ruled that the three accused, including Cardinal Alencherry must face trial in connection with the controversial land deals of Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese. The verdict was on a case where 60 cents of property near Bharat Mata College, Thrikkakkara, was soldContinue Reading
Mananthavady, August 25, 2019: Sister Lucy Kalappura, who was recently expelled by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC), has sought police protection as she fears physical assault on her. “I have also asked for protection from the police. But they have not done anything so far,” Sister Kalappura told indianexpress.com onContinue Reading
Kolenchery, Aug. 25, 2019: The decades-old fight between two factions of the Malankara Church in Kerala has been playing out even in graveyards. Wary of this factional war, a family in Kerala has decided to donate the body of their 86-year-old mother for medical research, instead of sully her memoryContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 25, 2019: The Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) on Aug. 24 issued a notice to expelled nun, Sister Lucy Kalappura, asking her to withdraw two cases she had filed against the convent and tender an unconditional apology if she wanted to continue staying in the convent. The 54-year-old nun,Continue Reading
Mattersindia Reporter Phulbani, August 25, 2019: Various parishes of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar offered special prayers for the victims of Kandhamal pogrom on August 25. “We had today prayer service and special prayers were offered for those who died in Kandhamal violence of 2008,” Father Udayanath Bishoyi, parish priest ofContinue Reading
