By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 3, 2024: Catholic bishops in India have joined political and social leaders to mourn the death of 121 people in a stampede at a Hindu religious event in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state. “We pray for the eternal repose of the departedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 24, 2024: The Catholic bishops have called for stringent action against production and distribution of illegal liquor in the country after several deaths from consumption of tainted liquor were reported from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. “Our thoughts and prayers areContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 10, 2024: Catholic priests and religious practicing law in India have reacted differently to a women congregation denying permission to a lawyer member from contesting the Supreme Court Bar Association elections. Sister Jessy Kurian, a member of the St Ann of Providence and aContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Mohana, May 10, 2024: Around 15,000, including Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, on May 9 attended the golden jubilee celebrations of Berhampur diocese in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. “I am glad and happy to be with you and for you to celebrate this jubilee Mass,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dallas, May 8, 2024: Moran Mor Athanasius Yohan (formerly known as K P Yohannan), head of the Bishop of Believers Eastern Church, died May 8 at Dallas in the US. He was 74. The Church leader was hospitalized the previous day after he sustained serious woundsContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 6, 2024: Political leaders and media fraternity in Kerala on May 8 mourned the death of a video journalist in an attack by a wild elephant. A V Mukesh, who worked as a cameraman in the Palakkad bureau of Mathrubhumi News, was killed earlyContinue Reading
By Joseph Jerald New Delhi, May 6, 2024: Have you heard of a Catholic priest working among gangsters, or stories of gangsters he has helped confessing their past and leading dignified lives in society? There is one in Los Angeles, the United States – Jesuit Father Gregory Joseph Boyle. OnContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho of cruxnow.com Mumbai, May 3, 2024: Archbishop Linus Neli of Imphal has called all Catholics in the eastern Indian state of Manipur to hold intense fast and prayer for reconciliation and peace May 3-5. “Let us persistently pray for the day when people of all ethnicities andContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Pirigoda, April 30, 2024: The Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar has honored a python-attack survivor who completed 44 years making hundreds know Christ in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Around 75 people, including priests and nuns, on April 29 attended a Mass to give God thanks for KhristodasContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Namkum, April 27, 2024: Human rights activists, journalists, social workers, and lawyers were among 150 people who attended the 87th birth anniversary of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The April 26 program at Agriculture Training Centre in Namkum near theContinue Reading
