By Matters India Reporter Kochi, June 27, 2019: Pope has decided to restore the administrative responsibilities of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly to Cardinal George Alencherry, a press statement from the Syro-Malabar Media Commission said on June 27. Cardinal Alencherry resumed office of archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamali archdiocese on June 27 morning.Continue Reading
Muzaffarpur, June 27, 2019: On June 16, Krishna Kumar Verma, a farmer in Muzaffarpur’s Raghavpur village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, was told by his sister Sita Devi that her son Ankit Kumar had a fever. Verma had been following the outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) orContinue Reading
Dimapur, June 27, 2019: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed here at Institute of Development & Leadership Hall, Don Bosco School Campus, with ‘Listen First-Listening to women and children is the first step to help them’ as the theme. The programme was jointly organized by MiqlatContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Calgary, June 24, 2019: A Catholic diocese in Canada has cancelled a retreat to be given there in July by Indian priest Fr Dominic Valanmanal who has been preaching that an increased incidence of autism and hyperactivity in children is due to their parents’ lifestyle. EarlierContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tumkur, June 24, 2019: A visually challenged child prodigy joined Karnataka’s deputy chief minister on June 23 to open a campus for eye donation movement a Clarentian priest started six years ago. “I have pledged my eyes. When I die, my eyes will not go toContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 23, 2019: India on June 23 rejected a US religious freedom report, saying it sees no locus standi for a foreign government to pronounce on the state of its citizens’ constitutionally protected rights. In its annual 2018 International Religious Freedom Report two days ago, the State DepartmentContinue Reading
By Jeemon Jacob Thiruvananthapuram, June 23, 2019: The 2,000-year-old Syro-Malabar Church, part of the Catholic fold in India, has never had it so bad. There seems to be a new controversy every day, including cases of corruption against the head of the church, Cardinal George Alencherry. It all started afterContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, June 23, 2019: The Christian schools in Arunachal Pradesh on June 21 joined the 5th International Yoga Day celebrations. “Yoga has a lot to offer. In these times of everything instantaneous, Yoga is a great way to manage stress and discover peace,” said Sister Anima, headmistressContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, June 21, 2019: A government-backed arts group in Kerala has refused to rescind an award for a cartoon depicting a rape accused bishop after a complaint from the Catholic prelates in the southern Indian state. Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar is charged with raping a nun onContinue Reading
Haridwar, June 20, 2019: Hundreds of Hindu monks gathered under the banner of a group linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party on June 20 urged the government to help build a temple on a disputed religious site in the Indian town of Ayodhya. “After taking part inContinue Reading
