By Sameer Yasir and Kai Schultz Rawalpora, June 7, 2019: — Mohammad Ishaq Lone got a call from the Indian Army one February night, ordering him to meet soldiers at an outpost near his house in Kashmir. It was only after he was hauled off to a brightly lit room,Continue Reading
KOCHI, July 6: The first permanent Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church after the reinstatement of Cardinal Mar George Alencherry as the administrative Archbishop of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese was in Kochi on July 5. The Synod session, convened at the headquarters of the Church, St Thomas Mount, Kakkanad, which began atContinue Reading
By : Matters India Reporter Thalipparamba, July 6, 2019: A Catholic nun has died and another nun was injured on July 5 in a road accident in Kerala. Sister Regina Maria, a member of the St Joseph’s province of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, was on her way to church when sheContinue Reading
Kochi, July 4: The permanent synod of the Syro-Malabar Church will meet here on Friday, July 5 to discuss the repercussions of the open revolt by around 250 priests against the reinstatement of Cardinal George Alencherry as the head of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese. Jacob Manathodath, who was appointed as ApostolicContinue Reading
Kozhikode, July 4, 2019: Some lay people have approached the Kerala High Court against “illegal quarrying” on the land of two parishes under Thamarassery diocese. The Catholic Laymen’s Association also wants the court to act against the state government for its failure to check the diocese’s bishop and vicars ofContinue Reading
Kochi, July 4, 2019: The Indian Supreme Court on July 2 pulled up the Kerala Chief Secretary over the state government’s failure to implement its July 3, 2017, order on a dispute between Orthodox and Jacobite factions of Malankara Christian Church in the state over the ownership of churches andContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, July 3, 2019: A court in India has told police not to take any further action against Cardinal Oswald Gracias of the Archdiocese of Bombay and two of his auxiliary bishops in a case where they are accused of not informing the authorities of an abuse accusationContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 3, 2019: Is Kerala above rule of law”, an angry Supreme Court asked on July 2 as it blasted the Kerala government and threatened to put its chief secretary behind bars for not implementing its 2017 judgment on a dispute between two factions on right to conductContinue Reading
Ratnagiri, July 3, 2019: Twenty-three persons are feared dead after a dam in Maharashtra’s coastal Konkan region breached following incessant rains leading to flood-like situation in downstream villages, officials said July 3. Bodies of 11 persons have been recovered so far, a police official said. The total toll would beContinue Reading
Mumbai, July 2: Muslim Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim, 18, has announced she will quit acting, saying that the profession “threatened” her relationship with her religion. “This journey has been exhausting, to battle my soul for so long,” she wrote in a lengthy Facebook post on June 30. Indians on socialContinue Reading
