By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: As members of the Dalit caste were protesting the Supreme Court order that prevented the immediate arrest of those being violent towards them across India on April 2, the Bishops of Odisha and other church leaders have planned to deliberate on the Dalits of OdishaContinue Reading
New Delhi: Violence against Christians are increasing in the National Capital Region of India, especially in the immediate neighboring states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. During the holy week some miscreants claiming to be custodians of the majority community desecrated the Church services and beat up the people praying insideContinue Reading
Panaji: India needs to emulate the tolerant principles and the positive energy of Imam Imdadul Rashidi, who despite losing his 16-year-old son in communal violence in West Bengal’s Asansol district last week implored the mobs not to exact revenge, a top church official said here on Tuesday. Secretary General ofContinue Reading
Environmental activist Prof E. Kunhikrishnan told this newspaper that the contention of the diocese is against the facts.Continue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram : Archbishop M.Susaipakiam of Trivandrum on Saturday slammed the the state’s Pinarayi Vijayan government for not doing a proper rehabilitation programme in wake of Cyclone Ockhi, while complimenting the Tamil Nadu government for rising to the occasion. Addressing reporters here, Archbishop M.Susaipakiam of Trivandrum said they were told thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: For last five years, in some parishes of Diocese of Baruipur, West Bengal, have experienced a silent revolution in a minuscule manner with regard to introducing women as part of the washing of the feet on Maundy Thursday. “Last year, I introduced it in aContinue Reading
Imphal: The Manipur government has rolled back its order to make Good Friday a full working day for all government offices, following protests by various civil bodies in the state, which has significant Christian population. Earlier, the government had said Good Friday would be a working day for all governmentContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Jesuit priests managing a parish in Mumbai have urged their people to consider shroud burials and forgo the use of coffins as part of their Lenten duties. “Lent is a good time for all of us to contemplate on a change in our choices. One such choice thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila, The Philippines: Following Jesus is not seasonal, said a Filipino bishop. “Following Jesus is not seasonal or when it is convenient or when we decide to follow Him. It is every day. It is living out what we have committed ourselves to,” Bishop Honesto F.Continue Reading
A decision by the most senior court in India to grant a Christian campaigner bail has been hailed as a source of “some solace” for believers in the country as Easter celebrations draw near.Continue Reading