Kochi, March 13, 2019: Bishop John Nellikunnel of Idukki has written to his priests explicitly telling them not to take any position favoring any political party or ideology. The Bishop’s March 9 circular to priests assumes importance as Kerala’s more than 18 percent Christian population has significant sway in certainContinue Reading
Madurai, March 13, 2019: The Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council has sought change in the poll date for the southern Indian state. The state’s 39 parliamentary and 18 assembly seats will go to poll on April 18, which coincides with Maundy Thursday, an important observance for Christians across denominations. On MarchContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, March 13, 2019: Two French missionaries were remembered at the 60th Tibetan National Uprising Day commemoration in Miao town in Arunachal Pradesh. “Tibet and Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh have an age-old connection,” said Likro Mossang, women president of Miao Diocese in east Arunachal Pradesh. “French missionariesContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 12, 2019: The Editors Guild says the Meghalaya High Court’s order in a contempt case against The Shillong Times, including its editor and publisher, is “intimidatory and undermines” press freedom. The Meghalaya High Court on March 8 sentenced The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher ShobaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 12, 2019: A national rally in New Delhi on March 12 urged political parties to include in their election manifestos the reservation for Dalit Christians and Muslims. “We have to see that our rights are rightly accepted. We should not lose our fight,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, March 10, 2019: A group of Salesian Alumni coordinated the visit of Salesian Cardinal Charles Bo of Myanmar to Kolkata. The cardinal was on a two day visit to the eastern Indian city to meet with his ailing brother Bernard. The prelate, who is theContinue Reading
By Aparna Banerji Jalandhar, March 10, 2019: A member of a campaign to help Catholic nuns in distress says the five sisters who protested against a rape accused bishop now lead a scared life because of pressure from the Church. The members of the Missionaries of Jesus are certain thatContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Kolkata, March 9, 2019: Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon in Myanmar and head of the Catholic Church in Asia, was chief guest at the International Women’s Day events in Kolkata. held at Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library situated in the Indian Council for Cultural RelationsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, March 9, 2019: The Indian Catholic Forum has urged the mediators appointed by the Supreme Court to resolve the Ayodhya imbroglio to take a cue from the Jerusalem Status Quo. Welcoming the apex court’s decision to refer the Ayodhya dispute to a panel of threeContinue Reading
Changanacherry, March 9, 2019: Some 400,000 rupees were stolen from a church in Kerala, after the burglar locked up four priests in their rooms. The incident came to light on March 8 when the vicar of St Xavier’s Church at Thrickodithanam, woke up to offer morning Mass. the church isContinue Reading