By Felix Anthony New Delhi, Dec 11, 2023: Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati has received Dr APJ Abdul Kalam World Peace Award-2023 on the occasion of the United Nations International Human Rights Day. The award was given December 10 by All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and SocialContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, Dec 8, 2023: The apex body of Christian denominations in the Telugu speaking states has congratulated the new government of Telangana state. The Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC) and its state wing, the Telangana State Federation of Churches (TSFC) also expressed happiness over the A.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Dec 7, 2023: Putting an end to speculations and rumors over the Vatican ambassador’s sudden and brief visit to the Kochi airport, the Syro-Malabar Church on December 7 announced that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of its major archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry. The PopeContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, December 6, 2023: Will heads roll in the Syro-Malabar Church? ask media groups in Kerala after Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli air-dashed to Kochi to meet with the head of the Oriental Catholic Church. Some others wonder whether the nuncio-Cardinal George Alencherry meetingContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec 6, 2023: In the wake of a mass indictment of 42 people in India over charges of fraudulent conversion of members of poor and tribal communities to Christianity, a Catholic expert is warning that recent elections in several Indian states, which saw strong gains forContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Dec 5, 2023: A Sunday ministry started by some Claretian seminarians 35 years ago guided by a priest has become a movement that gives hope to thousands on the periphery. The ministry later named as the “Hope Society” celebrated its 35 years of service at theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 4, 2023: The Syro-Malabar Church on December 4 joined those mourning the death of Christy Fernandez, a former secretary of the Indian president. Fernandez died at 12.20 am on December 4 in the Lisie Hospital in Kochi, Kerala. He was 73. He was admittedContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Dec 1, 2023: The Daughters of Charity congregation has celebrated the platinum Jubilee of its presence in Odisha state’s Kandhamal. “Hundreds of students have built their future through St. Catherine’s Schools at Raikia,” managed by the congregation, said Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in his homilyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 30, 2023: Pope Francis on November 30 appointed bishops for four Latin rite dioceses in India. Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi, who served as the apostolic administrator of Daltonganj is appointed as the bishop of that diocese in the eastern Indian stateContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dehradun, Nov 28, 2023: Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 28 led the nation to rejoice over the evacuation of 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi after 17 days. “I am relieved and happy to learn that allContinue Reading
