By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 2, 2023: The head of India’s Catholic religious has urged her more than 130,000 people to get out of their comfort zones and play their prophetic role as the country faces burning and critical issues. “I am writing this letter to share with youContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 1, 2023: Pope Francis on June 1 accepted the resignation of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, who was acquitted in a rape case 18 months ago. A press note from the New Delhi-based apostolic nunciature announcing the resignation says the Vatican “respects theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 30, 2023: The Indian Christian Women’s Movement (ICWM) has condemned police action against women wrestlers in New Delhi. The movement has termed as “brutal and criminal” the federal government’s attempt to foil a program the Mahila Maha Panchayat (grand council of women) planned inContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, May 29, 2023: The Catholic bishops of northeastern India have made a fresh appeal for peace amid news of growing tension and violence in Manipur state. “It is with great pain and intense anxiety that we have been following the great tragedies that have taken placeContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Silchar, May 28, 2023: More than 6,000 people on May 28 attended the ordination of Auxiliary Bishop Joachim Walder of Aizawl in northeastern India. Archbishop Victor Lyngdoh of Shillong, the chief consecrator, led the ceremony held at Don Bosco School Sankar Basti, Silchar in Assam. Among theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 21, 2021: On May 2, a day before Manipur went up in flames, T. Khupminthang, took shelter in the house of his employer, a Meitei, along with his son and three others. The five Kuki tribals were residents of Churachandpur district, but workedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottody, May 20, 2023: A Catholic couple exchanged marriage vows and garlanded each other in front of a closed church after the groom’s priest defied a court order and refused to issue a mandatory certificate. Had the Kottayam Knanaya archdiocese granted Justin John permission to marryContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 18, 2023: A Syro-Malabar priest has quit active parish ministry disgusted with what he says is the decay in his Oriental Catholic Church. “I have declined to accept any parish ministry and will continue to live the values of a Catholic priesthood,” Father (Thomas)Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, May 16, 2023: The head of the Catholic Church in Manipur has appealed for aid for the violence-hit people of the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Imphal is pained, saddened and concerned at the situation after unprecedented violenceContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Margherita, May 15, 2023: Hundreds of young people from across Arunachal Pradesh have prayed for peace and forgiveness in Manipur, another state in northeastern India that recently witnessed unprecedented ethnic violence. Leading the candle-lit prayer for peace at the Divine Renewal Retreat Centre, Margherita, Assam, on MayContinue Reading