By Jose Kavi New Delhi, April 3, 2025: The Opposition parties on April 3 walked out the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, protesting an attack on some Catholic pilgrims in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A day earlier, Dean Kuriakose, the Congress member from Idukki, servedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 1, 2025: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India on April 1 condemned an attack on Christian pilgrims at Jabalpur, the judicial capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. “It is deeply distressing that the Christian community, which has played a significantContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, March 31, 2025: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar has made urgent call for ceasefire to facilitate unimpeded humanitarian assistance to victims of a devastating earthquake that hit the country. At least 1,644 people were killed in Myanmar, according toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sambalpur, March 23, 2025: Bishop Niranjan Sualsingh of Sambalpur in Odisha state has urged his faithful to do penance and prayers as reparation after some miscreants desecrated the sacred species during a robbery. The bishop’s March 22 appeal said some people broke open the Holy FamilyContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 17, 2025: Capuchin Father Xavier Vadakkekara, who braved partial blindness to inject new life into India’s leading Church weekly “Indian Currents” and mentor many young journalists, died on March 16. He was 72. The death occurred at 11:35 pm at Holy Family Hospital NewContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, March 15, 2025: A delegation of Catholic lawyers is visiting dioceses in Odisha as violence against Christians increases in the eastern Indian state. “This initiative is timely, as incidents of violence against Christians are rising in Odisha. Providing legal aid is crucial to protecting theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Nabarangpur, March 15, 2025: Christian families have become Hindus to facilitate the burial of a relative in an eastern Indian village. Only three of the 30 families in Siunaguda, a village in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district, are Christian, belonging to the “Brothers in Assembly,” a Pentecostal sect. AfterContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal, March 9, 2025: Christians in India have mourned the son of the Moderator of the Church of North India who was killed while opposing rape. Bibash Nayak, son of Bishop Bijay Nayak Church, a native of Odisha, was among three men who were thrown into aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 8, 2025: The Press Club of India on March 7 condemned what they said was “the wrongful arrest” of Sudhanshu Thapliyal, a journalist working in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. “We are deeply concerned that dozens of journalists across the state areContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 5, 2025: John Dayal, a veteran journalist-turned human rights activist, was among three people chosen on March 5 for fighting for the cause of civil liberties and religious freedom. The annual Quaide Milleth Award, established in 2015, is given by the Chennai-based QuaideContinue Reading
