By Matters India Reporter Mancherial, Oct 23, 2022: A Capuchin priest and a seminarian have been feared drowned in the Godavari River in the southern Indian state of Telangana. Father Tony Simon Pulladen and seminarian Bijo Thomas Palampurackal were reportedly taking bath in the river on October 23 near ErrayipetContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct 21, 2022: The priests and lay people of a Catholic archdiocese in the Syro-Malabar Church have snapped their ties with the Vatican appointed administrator as the dispute over Mass celebration entered a new phase. Father Jose Vailikodath, senior priest and public relations officer ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct 15, 2022: Catholic bishops in Kerala have cautioned people against rising occult practices in the wake of reported cases of human sacrifices in the southern Indian state. “No civilized society can image such ghastly murders. We are shocked,” Father Jacob G Palakkappilly, the spokespersonContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Lazu, Oct 11, 2022: Miao diocese in Arunachal Pradesh has ordained its first priest of indigenous origin. Salesian Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao on October 11 ordained Father Vincent Rangwang, belonging to the Ollo tribe, at his home parish at Lazu in Tirap district Auxiliary Bishop DennisContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct 8, 2022: The Latin rite archdiocese of Trivandrum says it will continue its agitation against the Vizhinjam seaport, despite a High Court order to remove tents used by the protesters. “It is only an interim order and the Church would file a petition to reviewContinue Reading
By Marcia D’Cunha Bengaluru, Oct 6, 2022: the Indian Christian Women’s Movement (ICWM), an ecumenical forum, has resolved to admit trans persons and LGBT+ persons as members and engage with social and Church issues with “the lens of feminism, liberation and gospel values.” The resolution emerged at the third ICWMContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 2, 2022: Daya Bai, a renowned social activist, launched an indefinite satyagraha to demand justice for the victims of endosulfan pesticide on October 2, the International Day of Non Violence and the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The use of endosulfan pesticide has killed hundredsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Gangtok, Sept 30, 2022: The political secretary of the Sikkim Chief Minister on September 30 denied allegations that he was using his position to spread Christianity in the northeastern Indian Himalayan state. “Today, I am shocked and pained to learn about the wild, unfounded and dubiousContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept 27, 2022: An advocacy group for Catholic religious in India has urged the leaders of their congregations and their national association to implement Catholic social teachings that stress involvement in the life of the poor, marginalized, exploited and vulnerable. “This will enable us toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kozhikode, Sept 26, 2022: The row over wearing hijab on September 26 led clashes and disruption of classes in Providence School in Kozhikode, a town in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Some activists of the Students Islamic Organization of India stormed the girls’ school inContinue Reading