By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 19, 2023: Catholics across India have reacted angrily to an archbishop in Kerala, who has offered conditional support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that heads the federal coalition government. Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry on March 18 assured the BJP at least oneContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 18, 2023: Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Powathil, a former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and a leader of the traditionalists in the Syro-Malabar Church, died March 18 in Changanacherry, Kerala. The death occurred at 1:17 pm in Thomas Hospital, Chethipuza, Changanacherry, whereContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 17, 2023: The Supreme Court of India on March 17 dismissed Cardinal George Alencherry’s appeal seeking to quash seven criminal cases against him in connection the controversial sale of church land in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A division bench of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ariyur, March 17, 2023: The police in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have arrested the leader of a radical Hindu group for his alleged plan to extort money from a Catholic priest by raising sexual allegations. The arrested has been identified as Muthuvel, districtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 16, 2023: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called for the repeal of anti-conversion laws in force in 12 Indian states. The US federal government entity empowered to monitor and to recommend freedom of religion policies across the worldContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 15, 2023: Sadhu Ittiyavirah, an itinerant preacher, a spiritual guide, a renowned writer, and a social reformer who had inspired several generations, died March 14 at Kothamangalam in the southern Indian state of Kerala. He would have turned 101 on March 18. The deathContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, March 13, 2023: Catholic bishops of the southern Indian state of Kerala have demanded a ban on a stage show that they say insults Catholic monastic life and Christianity. “The communist organizations are giving huge publicity for the drama,’’ says a statement issued by theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Fatehpur, March 10, 2023: A Christian hospital that has served a northern Indian city for more than a century faces closure after it became a victim of religious bigotry since one year. The Broadwell Christian Hospital in Fatehpur has faced “physical, mental, and emotional abuse dueContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dindori, March 9, 2023: A court in central India has remanded in judicial custody principal of a Catholic school while the police have intensified their search for a priest and a nun wanted in an alleged sexual harassment of minor school girls. Leaders of the JabalpurContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 5, 2023: As many as 93 former civil servants have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about what they assay are recent increase in attacks on Christians in India. Banded under the Constitutional Conduct Group, the retired bureaucrats, urged Modi in their MarchContinue Reading