By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Jan 22, 2025: A Capuchin seminarian, who was arrested six weeks ago in a sex scandal, has been cleared of the allegation after a DNA test, his provincial says. The police in Eluru, Telangana, have arrested another man in connection with the case of impregnating aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Jan 22, 2025: Bhubaneswar is all set to welcome the country’s Latin rite bishops, who will come to the capital city of Odisha, an eastern Indian state, for their annual plenary assembly. As many as 204 members of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of IndiaContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Jan 17, 2025: A mysterious fire has gutted a chapel in Chokragaon, a village in the northeastern Indian state of Assam that celebrated the ordination of two local young men two days ago. Authorities are investigating the January 15 night fire that reduced to ashes St.Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Old Goa, Jan 9, 2025: Goa, a western Indian state with 1.5 million people, hosted more than 7 million who attended the 45-day exposition of the sacred relics of Saint Francis Xavier. At their service at the venue in Old Goa were more than 2000 volunteers ofContinue Reading
By Robancy A. Helen Tiruchirappalli, Jan 8, 2025: Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, head of the Catholic bishops in Asia, on January 8 led the Church to mourn the death of Father Felix Wilfred, a globally renowned theologian. Father Felix, as he was popularly known, died of heart attack on JanuaryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thaliparamba, Dec 31, 2024: Sister Francis Alayatil, the first woman ambulance driver in the southern Indian state of Kerala, died on December 30 at the age of 74. The member of Dina Sevana Sabha (Servants of the Poor) died at St Anjela Home in Pattuvam, aContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Dec 27, 2024: A wave of violence against Christians in Odisha, eastern India, has raised alarm over citizens’ religious freedom guaranteed by the country’s Constitution. The latest incident occurred on December 26 in the Gabardhanpur village of Balasore district, where the members of the New LifeContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 26, 2024: Manmohan Singh, who pulled India from the brink of bankruptcy and made it one of the fastest growing economies in the world, died on December 26 in New Delhi. Singh, the 13th prime minister of India, died at 9:45 pm in AllContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 23, 2024: Narendra Modi created history on December 23 when he became the first Indian prime minister to visit the headquarters of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) in New Delhi. The prime minister took part in the Christmas celebrations hosted by theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 20, 2024: The head of the Syro-Malabar Church has set up an eight-member special tribunal to address the “ongoing disciplinary issues” in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese. “The Church resorts to judicial procedures only after exhausting avenues of mercy, love, and advice. The tribunal is empoweredContinue Reading
