By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Jan 14, 2022: A court in Kerala on January 14 acquitted Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar in the nun rape case. Judge G Gopakumar of the Additional Sessions District Court said the bishop has been let free for want of evidence. Bishop Mulakkal left theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, January 8, 2022: Christians in India on January 8 expressed relief and joy over the federal government decision to restore the Missionaries of Charity’s license to receive overseas funds. The “most welcome” news, says Sister Dorothy Fernandes, national secretary of the Forum of Religious forContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 5, 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 5 led the nation in mourning the death of Neil Nongkynrih, founder of the internationally renowned Shillong Chamber Choir. The noted music composer, who wanted to replace the sounds of the guns in northeastern India with the sound ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Jan 4, 2021: The Order of the Discalced Carmelites and the Church in Odisha January 4 mourned the death of two seminarians in a road accident in the eastern Indian state. Brothers Masin Digal and Liudas Parichha were going to a shrine in Kandhamal district withContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 31, 2021: The largest association of India’s Catholic lay people on December 31 urged the federal government to check targeted hate and violence to make minority communities feel safe in the country. The All India Catholic Union (AICU) says 2021 saw a “surgeContinue Reading
By K P Sasi Bengaluru, Dec 22, 2021: Members of more than 40 organizations came to the streets of Bengaluru to protest against a bill passed by the Karnataka assembly to regulate religious convention in the southern Indian state. The December 21 rally demanded the withdrawal of “the Karnataka ProtectionContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria, Mangaluru, Dec 21, 2021: The Karnataka cabinet led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has approved the draft of the Anti-Conversion bill. The cabinet meeting was held at Belagavi (formerly Belgaum) on December 20, just five days ahead of Christmas. The government led by the Hindu nationalist BharatiyaContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangalore, Dec 18, 2021: The pro-Hindu government in Karnataka plans to ignore protests and go ahead with the introduction of an anti-conversion bill in the southern Indian state’s legislative assembly. Latest information indicates that the bill titled the “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion BillContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 13, 2021: Women in India on December 13 decried a “blatantly misogynistic” and regressive” question a national school board asked its tenth grade students. “The education ministry must seriously do an enquiry, and the one made the question/statement should be punished severely,” saysContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 9, 2021: Farmers in India on December 9 announced the end of their historic protests, making their supporters in the country, including Christians, euphoric. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, (SKM, United Farmers Front), that led the protests against three controversial farm laws and other issues,Continue Reading