By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, June 12, 2019: A human rights group in Jharkhand, eastern India, has condemned what it called repeated raids on Jesuit social activist Father Stan Swamy. “The raids and arrests are part of the government’s growing attempts to stifle dissent and intimidate those who are fightingContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, June 11, 2019: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore on June 11 expressed deep sorrow over the passing away of Girish Karnad, a legendary playwright, actor and social activist. “We have lost a legend in field of literature and arts. Truly our cultural world is poorerContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Gwalior, June 10, 2019: The body of Bishop Thomas Thennatt of Gwalior was on June 10 exhumed following a complaint from a Catholic woman who suspected foul play in his accidental death seven month ago. “The police team took the body for medical examination and broughtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, June 9, 2019: A 68-year-old priest’s alleged suicide has brought pain and anguish to a Salesian province in India. “The Salesian province of Mary Help of Christians, Guwahati, Assam, India, deeply mourns the passing away of Fr Jose Thiruthany, (TO), SDB, at 5:30 am onContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Louisville, Kentucky (USA), June 7, 2019: Spalding University, USA, has conferned an honorary doctorate on Indian nun, Sister Teresa Kotturan of Nazareth, at the United Nations for the Sisters of Charity Federation, on June 3. Sister Teresa, a member of the Sisters of CharityContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, June 4, 2019: Catholic representatives of Manipur migrants in Bengaluru on June 3 shared with Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore their struggle to avail spiritual help. The archbishop was surprised to learn that the number of migrants in Bengaluru, the Karnataka state capital, is increasingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, June 1, 2019: The Indian Christian Women’s Movement has expressed shock at the death of a 26-year-old tribal doctor, the first from her community. “It is sad to note that even after almost 72 years of independence and freedom won for all citizens of IndiaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 31, 2019: Pope Francis on May 31 appointed Father Joseph Thykkattil of the Archdiocese of Agra as the bishop of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. Father Thykattil is currently the parish priest of St. Peter’s Church in Rajasthan state’s Bharatpur. This was announced atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhadravathi, May 28, 2019: A seminarian of Karnataka’s Bhadravathi diocese died in road accident near Shimoga, some 300 km northwest of Bengaluru, the state capital. Deacon Varghese Kannappilly died on the spot on May 27 when his motorcycle was hit from behind by a speeding jeep.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 25, 2019: The head of the Catholic Church in India has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his emphatic victory in the just concluded general elections. “On behalf of the Catholic Church in India, and on my own behalf, I extend my heartiestContinue Reading