By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 25, 2019: India’s largest forum for Protestant and Orthodox Churches on March 24 launched weeklong prayers for a new government. “Constitutionally, the Indian state cannot have any appeasement to any religion whether majority or minority. The contemporary tendency to polarize people in theContinue Reading
Chennai, March 24, 2019: The Madras High Court has held that salaries and grants-in-aid to nuns and priests are liable to attract tax deducted at source. “In our opinion, the provisions of Income-Tax law are dry, plain and simple, apolitical and areligious in character,” the court said in a recentContinue Reading
Montreal, March 22, 2019: A 77-year-old Catholic priest was stabbed during morning Mass on March 22 at St Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal, Canada’s biggest church. Footage from the 8:30 am (6 pm India time) Mass, broadcast on a Catholic television network, showed a man dressed in dark clothing and wearingContinue Reading
By George Kommattathil Kozhikode, March 21, 2019: Hundreds of people, including women and children, braved scorching sun to protest government apathy to farmers in India. The marchers, mostly Catholics, on March 20 wore garlands of coconuts, rubber, coco, areca nuts and other crops and marched to the Kozhikode district collectorateContinue Reading
Astana, March 20, 2019: The bishops’ conference of Kazakhstan has issued a statement of support for Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, apostolic nuncio to that country. The Indian prelate has recently been accused of financial and personal misconduct during his time of service as the Vatican’s chief diplomat at the United Nations.Continue Reading
By C.M. Paul Kolkata, March 19, 2019: A priest who worked for street children in various Indian cities for over 33 years died on March 19. Salesian Fr Anthony Thaiparambil died at Don Bosco Provincial House New Delhi. He was 84. His funeral is scheduled to be held in NewContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, March 18, 2029: The Syro-Malabar Church on March 18 termed as misleading media reports about a case against a senior priest who had allegedly forged documents to attack Cardinal George Alencherry. The report about the case is “misleading and an attempt to divert attention fromContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 17, 2019: The Catholic bishops of India on March 17 joined political and social leaders to mourn the death of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, an alumnus of a Church school. Parrikar, who had been battling pancreatic cancer for more than a year,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 16, 2019: As India gets ready for the world’s biggest exercise in democracy, the head of the Catholic Church in the country has called upon people to elect leaders who listen to people, understand their needs and respond effectively. “I urge every community toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai, March 15, 2019: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) has denounced the shooting in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that killed 49 people and wounded 20 others. “No matter what faith we adhere or ethnicity we belong to, everybody should be able toContinue Reading