By S. Babu Chinnappan New Delhi, Dec. 4, 2018: Demonstration with Dalit drums, folk songs and music was held on December 4 in New Delhi demanding justice of Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin. “If you don’t listen to our voices at least listen to our drums,” said Bishop TheodoreContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec. 3, 2018: Pope Francis on Dec. 3 appointed Bishop Elias Gonsalves as the new archbishop of Nagpur. This was announced at noon in Rome and its corresponding time in India, according to a press release from the headquarters of the Catholic Bishops’ ConferenceContinue Reading
Justice Kurian Joseph’s advice to colleagues: “When you smile others also smile”
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By Matters India Reporter Tanzania, Nov. 28, 2018: An Indian nun died in a road accident in Tanzania on November 27. The 44-year-old victim is identified as Sister Rohini Pradhan, a native of the Kandhamal district of Odisha, eastern India. The accident occurred when the member of Carmelite Sisters ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov. 27, 2018: An advocacy group of Catholic religious on November 27 urged the apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly to withdraw a warning letter he recently served on a “prophetic” priest. The members of Forum for Justice and Peace (FORUM) say theyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov. 26, 2018: Caritas India chairperson Bishop Lumen Monteiro of Agartala has opened the rehabilitation phase of the Church agency’s aid programs among the flood-hit dioceses of Kerala. Bishop Monteiro on November 19-22 met with bishops, social work directors and several families in Verapoly archdioceseContinue Reading
Rome, Nov. 25, 2018: The Catholic Church’s global organization of nuns has denounced the “culture of silence and secrecy” surrounding sexual abuse in the church and is urging sisters who have been abused to report the crimes to police and their superiors. The International Union of Superiors General, which representsContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 22, 2018: A Syro-Malabar archdiocese has threatened to act against a priest who it alleges incites sedition and hatred against Church authorities and associates with extremist and atheistic groups. “Some of them are said to be groups which plot against the Church, harm goodContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, November 20, 2018: The Indian Women Theologians Forum (IWTF) has written to Pope Francis expressing deep concerns over the way the Church in their country handles sexual abuse cases. Around 800 Catholics from around the world have endorsed the letter sent to the PopeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Nov. 18, 2018: Every person needs to revisit one’s comfort zones thinking of the poor, says a Jesuit educationist. Matters India talked to some people about the second “World Day of the Poor” declared by Pope Francis. It was celebrated on November 18 this year.Continue Reading