Panaji, Nov. 5, 2018: The mortal remains of Bismarque Dias, an activist priest, will finally be laid to rest three years after he was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in November 2015, even as his family’s campaign for justice, believing he was murdered, remains inconclusive. Bismarque was initially reported missing,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov. 5, 2018: India’s press freedom has “worsened,” says the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In this year’s Global Impunity Index (GII) on press freedom based on a report CPJ, India ranked at 14th position. The unsolved cases of India remain 18.Continue Reading
Aizawl, Nov. 5, 2018: The administration of Mizoram plans to reach out an influential Church body to address a demand for the removal of the state’s chief election commissioner. An apex NGOs committee has set November 5 as the deadline for the ouster of S B Sashank leading to anContinue Reading
Kohima, Nov.4, 2018: The apex church body in Nagaland finds the recent Supreme Court judgments decriminalizing homosexuality between consenting adults as well as adultery, “detestable” and “unacceptable” to Christians. The Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) deliberated on the court rulings threadbare at its executive meeting held on October 30-31. “LegalizingContinue Reading
Kochi: After the controversial land deal in Ernakulam – Angamaly archdiocese which shook the Syro Malabar Church in Kerala, a petition has been submitted in the Ernakulam Munsif Court against another land transaction in Church. Polachan Puthuppara, president of Kerala Catholic Association for Justice, has filed a petition in theContinue Reading
KOCHI, Oct 4: Save Our Sisters (SoS) Action Council will hold a Secretariat march on November 14, urging the government to cancel the bail granted to Bishop Franco Mulakkal and investigate the death of Fr Kuriakose Kattuthara, who died under mysterious circumstances. Announcing this, Action Council convener Fr Augustine Vattoly said the deathContinue Reading
Jalandhar: Catholic Church owned magazine has extended open support to Bishop Franco Mulakkal and alleged that his arrest was due to pressure from the media. Christward, the monthly news bulletin published by the Diocese of Jalandhar, describes the present situation as ‘The suffering church’. “After two days of interrogation atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, November 2, 2018: The Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has called on the Church in India to observe the 4 and 11 November 2018 as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). “Let us stand in solidarity with our sisters andContinue Reading
Mumbai, Nov. 2, 2018: Wendell Rodricks had an unusual request when he approached the Archdiocese of Bombay on October 31 for an audience with Cardinal Oswald Gracias. The Mumbai-born fashion designer wanted the cardinal, the archbishop of Bombay, to bless his plan to start a hotline to help the lesbian,Continue Reading
Srinagar, Nov. 2, 2018: BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet were shot dead at point-blank range by unknown gunmen. The incident occurred on November 1 evening at Kishtwar in Jammu division, some 215 km southeast of Srinagar, the state capital. The authorities have imposed anContinue Reading
