By Matters India Reporter Sagar, Jan 7, 2022: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the forcible shifting of orphans from St. Francis Orphanage in Sagar, a town in the central Indian state. “Shifting of 44 orphan children from St. Francis orphanage was stopped after the Jabalpur bench of MadhyaContinue Reading
By Matters India Report Hyderabad, Jan 4, 2021: The Human Rights Forum that works in the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has expressed solidarity with the Muslim women who have been targeted in a recent fake online auction site ‘Bulli Bai’ and put up “for sale’ to theContinue Reading
By C M Paul Kanniyakumari, Jan 4, 2022: A Christian Higher Education body launched a new reader on American Culture for Asian students simultaneously in India and USA. The book entitled “American Popular Culture” published by Salesian College Sonada/Siliguri is available on-demand both in India and USA. Book launch onContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec 31, 2021: A priest in Bombay archdiocese has been convicted of abusing a teenage boy in 2015. A court dealing with POCSO (Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences) cases on December 29 awarded life sentence to Fr Lawrence Johnson. The priest was arrested in 2016,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 31, 2021: The Indian Catholic Forum has urged the Vatican to immediately remove Bishop K A William of Mysore who it alleges has been involved in “heinous crimes.” The call for Bishop William’s removal was first made on December 11 in a letterContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Dec 27, 2021: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated Cathedral Christmas Crib and ten flex panels depicting Saint Francis Assisi who initiated crib making tradition to stress love and respect for nature. “On Christmas night, the Chief Minister of West Bengal inaugurated a specialContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Dec 23, 2021: Karnataka Legislative Assembly has passed the Anti-conversion Bill without serious resistance from the Opposition parties two days prior to Christmas. The “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021” was tabled on December 23 which has definite clauses against any sortsContinue Reading
By Vivek Joseph Hyderabad, Dec 22, 2024: A Church NGO in Hyderabad has organized a day of singing, dancing and sharing as part of its Christmas celebration for the Transgender Community in the southern Indian city. More than 200 transgender persons, their allies and activists from the city gathered atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Dec 19, 2021: A Jesuit priest in Mumbai has petitioned the Bombay High Court for a judicial probe into Father Stan Swamy’s death in custody and remove the “odium of guilt” attached to the tribal activist. Father Swamy died July 5 as undertrial prisoner inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 19, 2021: Consumer organizations from across India met in New Delhi December 19 to demand among other things and an immediate regulation that stipulates proper front of package labeling (FoPL). The labeling regulation was part of an eight-point charter of demands adopted byContinue Reading
