By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 29, 2019: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed happiness that an Indian is among five Catholics who will be canonized by Pope Francis next month. “It is a matter of pride for every Indian that, on the coming October 13, his holiness PopeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 28, 2019: International Pilgrimage Revolution (IPR), a tour operator based in northeastern India, has bagged the National Tourism Award. The award under the Best Inbound Tour Operator category was presented on September 28 at the World Tourism Day celebrations in New Delhi. ReceivingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, September 27, 2019: The High Court of Jharkhand state on September 27 released on bail Missionaries of Charity Sister Concilia, who arrested and remanded in custody on suspicion of child trafficking. “We thank the Lord for his goodness to us, appreciate and are grateful toContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, September 26, 2019: As many as 56 Jesuits have lost their lives since their congregation made a commitment to promote a “faith that does justice” and foster reconciliation in society 50 years ago, says an official of the Society of Jesus. “If we want toContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, September 23, 2019: Christian activists joined national leaders to condemn the lynching of a tribal by alleged cow vigilantes in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. “This is the fourth Catholic Christian lynched in Jharkhand by self-styled gau rakshaks (cow vigilantes) about whom we knowContinue Reading
By Thomas Joseph Therakam Indore, September 22, 2019: The Church in India should read the signs of the times and imbibe the spirit of the Second Vatican Council to become relevant and survive in the modern world, says a national body of Catholic priests. “In a world of information technology,Continue Reading
Mayurbhanj, September 20, 2019: A man wanted in the killing of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines has been arrested 20 years and nine months later. The sleuths of Central Bureau of Investigation nabbed Buddhadev Nayak on September 19 from Nischitapur village under Thakurmunda police station in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. Staines,Continue Reading
Kochi, Sept. 20, 2019: The Kerala police on September 20 booked a Catholic priest in Ernakulam district for allegedly sexually assaulting three minor girls when they went to his chapel for blessings after the Sunday Mass last month. Police said Father George Padayattil, 68, the vicar of the Holy ChurchContinue Reading
Rajdaha, September 19, 2019: A Catholic priest who spent ten days in judicial custody for “conversion” alleges a plot to get him killed in the jail. “They tried to kill me inch by inch,” Father Benoy John, who was released on bail on September 16, told the Malayala Manorama newspaper.Continue Reading
KOCHI, September 17 : Fr Binoy John, a Catholic priest hailing from Thodupuzha in Kerala, who was arrested by Jharkhand Police on charges of encroaching upon tribal land and forcible conversion, was on September 15 released on bail after week-long detention. Fr Binoy, son of Yohannan, ‘Vadakkedathuparambil’, Kalayanthani, Thodupuzha, hadContinue Reading
