By Matters India Reporter Amritsar, March 11, 2019: A village in the northern Indian state of Punjab observed the International Women’s Day differently. The women of Ramdas in Amritsar district have decided to stamp out liquor consumption from their village and set an example for others in Punjab, one ofContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi: March 9, 2019: Christians in India should stop “doing activities” and accompany the excluded and broken people in their struggle for a dignified life. For this, they have to discard a culture of rhetoric and reestablish their rootedness in Jesus and make a lasting commitment toContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, March 8, 2019: Women in a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh marked the International Women’s Day by praying for the release of jailed Missionaries of Charity nun in Jharkhand state. “We know that Sister Concelia (Baxla)is innocent. She is in jail for false case by peopleContinue Reading
Jhabua, March 6, 2019: Twenty one years after four nuns were raped by 26 persons in the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh, a 45-year-old absconding accused in the case has been nabbed, police said March 5. Kalu Limji was arrested from Aamba village in the district the previous day, aContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Jharsuguda, March 5, 2019: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) has elected Ignatius Gonsalves of Kochi as its new president. He is the second layman to head the 56-year-old association. The election took place at the association’s annual general body meeting and national convention held atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, March 4, 2019: The president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) has called upon fellow prelates in the region to support Pope Francis’ call to protect children. “After painful hearing of the victims of the terrible crimes of sexual abuse against minors committedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, March 4, 2019: Catholic bishops in Odisha have decided to begin a center to train young people from religious minorities, Dalit and Adivasi groups to appear for civil service examinations. Divine Word Archbishop John Barwa, chairman of the Odisha Catholic Bishops’ Council (OCBC), has appointedContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 1, 2019: A court in Madhya Pradesh state on February 28 allowed a laywoman’s petition seeking a probe into the death of a Catholic bishop. Dolly Theresa, a Catholic resident of Gwalior, alleges foul play in the death of Bishop Thomas Thennatt of Gwalior.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, March 1, 2019: The , known as “FORUM, has pledged its unconditional support to the defense of the Indian Constitution facing threats from religious fundamentalism. The forum, an advocacy group for progressive religious nuns, brothers and priests in, also resolved to play a prophetic roleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb. 27, 2019: The body of a Catholic priest was found on a railway track on February 27 in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Father Jebin Maruthoor, a priest of Adilabad Syro-Malabar diocese, was going to Mumbai. According to the diocesan sources, theContinue Reading
