By Matters India Reporter Kochi, April 7, 2023: A cine actor in the southern Indian state of Kerala has observed Maundy Thursday differently: he washed the feet of his wife and five children at home. A video posted April 7 on YouTube shows Sijoy Varghese kneeling before his wife andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, April 6, 2023: The Kerala government has allowed Church groups and NGOs to resume religious and counseling services for prisoners in the jails of the southern Indian state. The government revoked the March 31 order of Kerala Jail Director General of Police Balram Kumar UpadhyayContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, April 5, 2023: A Kerala police circular banning Church groups and NGOs from jails has shocked the Prison Ministry India officials in the state. The Catholic Church has for decades conducted in jails Holy Week rituals and Easter Mass. The March 31 circular from Kerala JailContinue Reading
By Matters Indian Reporter Dindori, April 4, 2023: A Catholic bishop and a priest were denied anticipatory bail while another priest who was jailed earlier was released in separate cases related to alleged violations in managing schools and hostels in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. District and SessionsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, March 30, 2023: Pope Francis on March 30 appointed Father Joachim Walder as the auxiliary bishop of Aizawl diocese that covers the entire state of Mizoram in northeastern India. The 67-year-old priest is currently the episcopal vicar of Barak Valley region of Aizawl diocese. TheContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 28, 2023: Hundreds of Christians of Dalit origin from all over India on March 28 organized a sit-in to renew their demand for reservation for themselves as well as their Muslim brethren. A press note from National Council of Dalit Christians, the organizers, regrettedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Morena, March 26, 2023: A Catholic school in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has been sealed and its principal arrested after an investigation team found objectionable materials in the premises. A Church official in the state, who refused to be identified, told Matters IndiaContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 26, 2023: Father Varghese Alengaden, founder of a holistic spiritual movement to transform India with the Gandhian principles and advocate of a new way of presenting Christ’s message, died March 26 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The death occurred at 9 am in Robert NursingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 25, 2023: Pope Francis on March 25 promoted Auxiliary Bishop John Rodrigues of Bombay as the new bishop of Pune. The 56-year-old prelate succeeds Bishop Thomas Dabre of Pune, who resigned from the post as he had already crossed the mandatory retirement ageContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Gandhinagar, March 23, 2023: The head of the Catholic Church in Gujarat has urged the state Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel to take immediate and stringent action against those who have insulted the Pope and Catholic priests and nuns. The March 21 letter from Archbishop Thomas IgnatiusContinue Reading