By Matters India Reporter Kochi, May 8, 2023: Cardinal George Alencherry joined religious and political leaders to express shock and sadness at a boat tragedy that claimed 22 lives in Kerala. The tragedy “is extremely painful,” said the cardinal, head of the Syro-Malabar Church based in the southern Indian state.Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 4, 2023: Christian women have joined groups supporting the Indian wrestlers who are seeking justice against sexual abuse within the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). “It is with deep concern that we, women from the different Christian Churches in India, see the long struggleContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 4, 2023:A forum representing Christians of all denominations in northeastern India on May 4 expressed anguish over the ongoing unrest in Manipur where the government has issued “shoot-at-sight orders in extreme cases.” The Manipur government imposed the curfew as communal clashes continued on theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, May 3, 2023: Two churches were among several buildings torched May 3 as fresh violence erupted between Hill tribals and Meiteis of the Valleys in Manipur’s Churachandpur district. Tension has spread to other areas as the All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur organized a solidarity marchContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ghazipur, May 2, 2023: An 18-month-old girl and her mother were on May 2 granted bail eight days after they were jailed for indulging in alleged conversion activities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The District Sessions Court of Ghazipur granted the bail toContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril Jaipur, May 1, 2023: The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India on May 1 drew plans to combat the issues of forced labor and human trafficking in its Agra region comprising 10 dioceses. Some 30 delegates from these dioceses attended aContinue Reading
By P M Antony Bagaicha, April 26, 2023: Friends and associates of late Jesuit social scientist Father Stan Swamy on April 26 observed his 86th birth anniversary at a center he founded near Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Father Stan, as he was popularly known, died onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ghazipur, April 23, 2023: A court in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has remanded six Protestant Christians, including two pastors, in judicial custody for allegedly violating a state law that restrains religious conversion. Among the remanded is a 1.5-year-old girl whose parents are inContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Sargaon, April 23, 2023: Hundreds of people on April 23 flocked to a remote village in eastern India to participate in the first pilgrimage that commemorated the 62nd death anniversary of the first Servant of God from the Adivasi community. Jesuit Archbishop Felix Toppo of RanchiContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jaipur, April 22, 2023: Pope Francis on April 22 appointed Father Joseph Kallarackal, a priest of Ajmer diocese, as the new bishop of Jaipur in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan. This was announced at noon in the Vatican and its corresponding time in India. AnnouncingContinue Reading
