By Matters India Reporter Jharsuguda, Aug 18, 2022: Father Petrus Kullu, provincial of the Divine World Society’s Eastern Indian province, died August 18 of suspected Covid-19 infection. The death occurred at 4:15 pm in the Covid ward of Vikash Hospital, Bargarh near Sambalpur, a major town in the eastern IndianContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Aug 17, 2022: A group of Christians belonging to different denominations in the southern Indian state of Kerala has decided not to avail church burials as part of their effort to reform Churches and promote organ and body donations. Catholics formed more than 90 percentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 13, 2022: A joint conference of civil society and political parties in New Delhi August 13 resolved to fight against machine, money and media power that they say poses the gravest challenges to democracy in India. The conference, co-organized by Constitutional Conduct GroupContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, August 8, 2022: Some 60,000 Catholics from 320 parishes of Ernakulam Angamaly Syro-Malabar archdiocese on August 7 attended a massive faith protection rally and convention. The convention held in Kochi’s Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium sought to ‘’implement the restitution recommended by the Vatican in theContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Aug 1, 2022: The Catholic churches in Mangaluru have organized special prayers for communal harmony as sectarian tension prevails in the southern Indian coastal city. Two Muslim and one Hindu youth were killed in separate incidents of targeted violence by extremist groups from both the communitiesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 30, 2022: Pope Francis on July 30 appointed Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, a world renowned expert in the Oriental Code of Canon Law, as the apostolic administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese. The Syro-Malabar archdiocese was lying vacant since July 26 when its metropolitan vicarContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, July 28, 2022: The Latin Church in India on July 28 concluded a three-day national synod convened to finalize its synthesis for the 2021-2023 Synod. The July 26-28 synodal consultation in Bengaluru ended with a solemn Mass presided over by Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the archbishopContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Tezu, July 28, 2022: Two young men from Arunachal Pradesh who won gold medals at the national karate championship have appealed to the youth of the northeastern Indian state to keep away from drugs and focus on future. “Do not indulge in drugs and other unhealthy habits.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 26, 2022: The dispute over liturgy in the Syro-Malabar Church took a new turn July 26 with the reported resignation of Archbishop Antony Kariyil, metropolitan vicar of the archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly. According to reports, Archbishop Kariyil has tendered his resignation to Apostolic Nuncio toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Krishnagar, July 23, 2022: More than 4,000 people July 23 attended the episcopal ordination of Salesian Bishop Nirmol Vincent Gomes of Krishnagar in West Bengal state. After the ordination at Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer in Krishnagar, the new bishop asked the gathering to bless himContinue Reading