By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, May 12, 2023: Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil on May 12 called for happy relationship and spiritual bondedness among people of various cultural backgrounds, traditions, religions, interests, and sensitivities in the country. This call makes intense meaning in the context of recent tragedies in Manipur where tensionsContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Balasore, May 11, 2023: Pope Francis has appointed an Indian prelate serving Ethiopia in East Africa as the new bishop of Balasore diocese in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. The Vatican on May 10 announced the appointment of Monsignor Varghese Thottamkara, a member of the CongregationContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottarakkara, May 10, 2023: The murder of a 25-year-old woman doctor on duty allegedly by a drug addict has sent shock waves across the southern Indian state of Kerala. State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan led the mourning for Vandana Das, a house surgeon who was killedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sagar, May 9, 2023: An orphanage serving differently abled children for the past 150 years was raided by government agencies in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The officers of the state units of National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and ChildContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, May 8, 2023: Cardinal George Alencherry joined religious and political leaders to express shock and sadness at a boat tragedy that claimed 22 lives in Kerala. The tragedy “is extremely painful,” said the cardinal, head of the Syro-Malabar Church based in the southern Indian state.Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 4, 2023: Christian women have joined groups supporting the Indian wrestlers who are seeking justice against sexual abuse within the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). “It is with deep concern that we, women from the different Christian Churches in India, see the long struggleContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 4, 2023:A forum representing Christians of all denominations in northeastern India on May 4 expressed anguish over the ongoing unrest in Manipur where the government has issued “shoot-at-sight orders in extreme cases.” The Manipur government imposed the curfew as communal clashes continued on theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, May 3, 2023: Two churches were among several buildings torched May 3 as fresh violence erupted between Hill tribals and Meiteis of the Valleys in Manipur’s Churachandpur district. Tension has spread to other areas as the All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur organized a solidarity marchContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ghazipur, May 2, 2023: An 18-month-old girl and her mother were on May 2 granted bail eight days after they were jailed for indulging in alleged conversion activities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The District Sessions Court of Ghazipur granted the bail toContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril Jaipur, May 1, 2023: The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India on May 1 drew plans to combat the issues of forced labor and human trafficking in its Agra region comprising 10 dioceses. Some 30 delegates from these dioceses attended aContinue Reading