Parents abandon infant at church, father held
2018-06-02
The child was only two days oldContinue Reading
Two arrested for circulating ‘misleading videos’ of church attacks
2018-06-02
The videos were from 2008Continue Reading
Honor killing in Kerala: Dalit Christian found dead
2018-05-29
Kochi: Honor killings, unheard in Kerala, have made their way into the southern Indian state with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) recording as many as five cases in since 2014. Barely two months after the murder of a girl by her father, another gruesome case of honor killing hasContinue Reading
Enrich youth ministry in India: CCBI
2018-05-28
By Maters India Reporter Bangalore: Father Chetan Machado, the national executive secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has urged youth and chaplains animators to enrich and support to the youth and youth ministry in the country. He was speaking at the concluding day of the second AnimatorsContinue Reading
Church calls for clean Nagaland bypoll
2018-05-27
Nagaland Lok Sabha byelection is on May 28Continue Reading
Be bold like Couto, Laity group asks Indian bishops
2018-05-25
Modi government trying to divide, coerce ChurchContinue Reading
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II calls for truce between church factions
2018-05-23
Kochi: Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and the East and supreme head of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, called for peace between the two factions of the Malankara Orthodox Church based on respect for each other and dignity. The Patriarch, on his second apostolic visit to India, told reportersContinue Reading
India safe for minorities: Home Minister
2018-05-23
New Delhi: Responding to Delhi archbishop’s letter, home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said in India minorities are safe and no one is allowed to discriminate on the bases of caste and religion. “I have not seen the letter, but I want to say India is one of those countriesContinue Reading
Three Asians among 14 new cardinals
2018-05-20
Vatican City: Three Asian prelates are among 14 new cardinals Pope Francis announced on May 20 in the Vatican. Speaking to pilgrims and visitors at noon in St Peter’s Square, the Pope announced he would create new cardinals at a consistory on June 29. The Asians are Archbishops Joseph CouttsContinue Reading