By Jose Kavi New Delhi, August 6, 2023: The protracted liturgical controversy in the archdiocese of Ernakulam seems to get murkier as its faithful on August 6 rejected a circular on the uniform mode of celebrating Mass from the newly appointed delegate of Pope Francis. Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, whoContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, August 2, 2023: Catholics across India have reacted with dismay to a message on Manipur from Cardinal Oswald Gracias, a top Church leader in the country and one of the eight advisors of Pope Francis. The cardinal’s comments “were shocking, uncalled for and totally unjustified,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 31, 2023: Pope Francis on July 31 appointed Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, former secretary of the Office for Eastern Churches and presiding officer of the Greek Catholic diocese of Kosice in Slovakia, as the pontifical delegate for the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly in Kerala,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 28, 2023: Activists and others have cheered India’s Supreme Court granting bail to a trade unionist and a lawyer jailed in the Bhima Koregaon case. “The granting of bail to Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves by the Supreme Court is indeed a significant step.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Gwalior, July 24, 2023: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered a fresh probe into the death of a Catholic bishop in the central Indian state. Bishop Thomas Thennatt of Gwalior died in a road accident on December14, 2018 and his family members suspected foul playContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 24, 2023: A top team of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India that visited the conflict-ridden areas of Manipur has criticized the prolonged silence and apathy of the law enforcement agencies in containing violence in the northeastern Indian state. “It is our earnest appealContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 23, 2023: A priest, suspended for his “grave disobedience” and causing public scandals, says nothing will deter his mission is to cleanse the Kerala Church, particularly his Syro-Malabar Church. “I see the suspension as the first acknowledgment of my new mission. I also knowContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi, July 23, 2023: Gandhians in Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, have expressed shock and dismay after the Uttar Pradesh Administration sealed the Sarva Seva Sangh (SSS), a well-known Gandhian institute that serves as the central office of its various branches all over India. Vallabhacharya Pandey, a GadhianContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 21, 2023: Christians, especially women, have joined nationwide condemnation of parading two women naked and gangraping them in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur where ethnic violence has raged for the past 80 days. A viral video of 26-minutes shows men sexually attacking womenContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 20, 2023: Social activists in India say the Supreme Court granting bail to Teesta Setalvad has restored people’s faith in the country’s legal system. “With the relief to activist Teesta from the Supreme Court, our faith in the legal system is being gradually restored,”Continue Reading
