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
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, March 5, 2023: Three Catholic nuns were among 33 outstanding women entrepreneurs awarded for successfully fighting Covid pandemic with business plans. The awardees were selected from among 1,408 women supported by Functional Vocational Training and Research Society (FVTRS) through Child Fund and City Bank to rebuildContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Allahabad, March 3, 2023: The Allahabad High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to the vice chancellor and the director of a Christian autonomous university questioning the dubious nature of their charitable works. \Rajendra Bihari Lal, vice chancellor of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, TechnologyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vettuthura, March 2, 2023: A young woman, who was undergoing training to become a nun, was found hanging in a convent room in the southern Indian state of Kerala. “I am going to Jesus as I understand I cannot lead a genuine life on this earth,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, March 1; 2023: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore says the Church will continue to do its good works without fear. “Even if a case is filed against me, accusing me of indulging in conversion, for providing education and healthcare to the Dalits and the marginalized,Continue Reading