By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, July 8, 2023: Christians in the eastern Indian state of Odisha seem elated that Pope Francis has created a commission for new martyrs. They hope the new commission would address their demand that the Church recognize as martyrs their people killed during the 2008 anti-Christian violenceContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, July 6, 2023: The incident of an upper caste Hindu urinating on a tribal man in a central Indian state has been widely condemned by indigenous people in the country. Amrit Horo, a youth leader of the Ranchi archdiocese, says the incident has brought shock,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jul 3, 2024: Pope Francis on July 3 appointed Father Elias Frank as the bishop of Asansol, a diocese in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The 61-year-old bishop-elect is a member of the diocese and currently teaches Canon Law at the PontificalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters Mumbai, July 1, 2023: At least 26 people were charred to death and seven others wounded in the early hours of July 1 when a private bus caught fire on an express way in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district. The accident took place at 1:26 am between DusarbidContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 29, 2023: Pope Francis on June 29 appointed Father Benny Varghese Edathattel as the second bishop of Itanagar, one of the two Catholic dioceses in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, once a forbidden land for Christians. The Pope had also acceptedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jabalpur, June 28, 2023: The Madhya Pradesh high court June 28 ordered the state police to demolish a boundary wall they built seven days ago that blocked access to a Catholic school. A single bench of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi also directed the police to make immediateContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 25, 2023: An Irish Catholic nun, who revolutionized school education in India with her innovative methods, died June 24 in Kolkata. Sister Cyril Mooney died at Loreto House in the eastern Indian city at the age of 86. Sister Mooney came to India onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, June 24, 2023: The Assam Christian Forum on June 24 expressed its solidarity with the people of Manipur where an ethnic violence has raged for the past 53 days. “We earnestly pray for the killings and violence to come to an immediate halt. Our heartsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jabalpur, June 22, 2023: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on June 22 granted anticipatory bail to a Catholic bishop and nun accused of attempting to convert to Christianity railway destitute children in a diocesan orphanage. A single judge bench of the high court, based in Jabalpur,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, June 21, 2023: Police in Bengaluru on June 21 arrested a person suspected to be involved in the break in of a Catholic church in the southern Indian city. An intruder armed with a hammer and crowbar forcibly entered the premises of St. Pius XContinue Reading
