By Matters India Reporters New Delhi, April 28, 2019: Hundreds of thousands of Catholics throughout India dedicated April 28, the feast of Divine Mercy, to pray for neighboring Sri Lanka that was ravaged by serial blasts a week ago. The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, the national body ofContinue Reading
By Julian S Das Pune, April 27, 2019: A group of South Asian Jesuits has paid homage to the massacred people in Sri Lanka on Easter day. Inaugurating a four-day seminar on “Interculturality for Reconciled Life and Mission” at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, April 25, the Jesuits observed one -silence inContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Chandel, April 26, 2019: A group miscreants has burned down the second oldest Catholic school in Manipur over disciplinary action taken against some students. St. Joseph Higher Secondary School at Sugnu in Chandel district of the northeastern Indian state lost all its files and records of theContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, April 24, 2019: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore on April 24 asked a Bharatiya Janata Party leader to withdraw his anti-Christian remarks and offer an unconditional apology to the community. The uncalled for remarks of K S Eshwarappa are condemnable and highly deplorable, the archbishopContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Balasore, April 22, 2019: Bishop Simon Kaipuram of Balasore died early morning on April 22 due to massive heart attack. The Vincentian prelate was 65. The funeral is scheduled at 3 pm on April 24, according to Father Prasan Singh, deputy secretary of the Odisha CatholicContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, April 19, 2019: Catholics in Mumbai reflected on the abuse scandal facing the Church during a Via Crucis in the western Indian city’s historically-Christian Bandra neighborhood. More than a thousand people attended the event at St. Andrew’s College, which focused on the “Scandals of the Cross.”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Paris, April 17, 2019: Pope Francis and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among world leaders who shared their sorrow at the fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. “Following the fire that ravaged a large part of Notre Dame Cathedral, I join you inContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, April 13, 2019: A group of 200 youth of Arunachal Pradesh on April 13 walked for 17 kilometers to pray for better government in India. Young people from various parts of Miao joined walking pilgrimage to Christ the Light Shrine in Miao in the Changlang districtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, April 11, 2029: A Catholic nun has apparently become the first person in India to receive protection under a new scheme to ensure security of witnesses in sensitive court cases. The District Judge of Kottayam on April 9 ordered protection for Sister Lissy Vadakkel, aContinue Reading
Kochi, April 10, 2019: The Kerala high court on April 9 dismissed revision petitions filed by a priest and a nun seeking discharge in the murder of Sister Abhaya and directed them to stand trial in the case. Sister Abhaya was found dead in the well of the Pious XContinue Reading