By Matters India Reporter Morena, March 26, 2023: A Catholic school in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has been sealed and its principal arrested after an investigation team found objectionable materials in the premises. A Church official in the state, who refused to be identified, told Matters IndiaContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 26, 2023: Father Varghese Alengaden, founder of a holistic spiritual movement to transform India with the Gandhian principles and advocate of a new way of presenting Christ’s message, died March 26 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The death occurred at 9 am in Robert NursingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 25, 2023: Pope Francis on March 25 promoted Auxiliary Bishop John Rodrigues of Bombay as the new bishop of Pune. The 56-year-old prelate succeeds Bishop Thomas Dabre of Pune, who resigned from the post as he had already crossed the mandatory retirement ageContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Gandhinagar, March 23, 2023: The head of the Catholic Church in Gujarat has urged the state Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel to take immediate and stringent action against those who have insulted the Pope and Catholic priests and nuns. The March 21 letter from Archbishop Thomas IgnatiusContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 19, 2023: Catholics across India have reacted angrily to an archbishop in Kerala, who has offered conditional support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that heads the federal coalition government. Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry on March 18 assured the BJP at least oneContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 18, 2023: Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Powathil, a former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and a leader of the traditionalists in the Syro-Malabar Church, died March 18 in Changanacherry, Kerala. The death occurred at 1:17 pm in Thomas Hospital, Chethipuza, Changanacherry, whereContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 17, 2023: The Supreme Court of India on March 17 dismissed Cardinal George Alencherry’s appeal seeking to quash seven criminal cases against him in connection the controversial sale of church land in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A division bench of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ariyur, March 17, 2023: The police in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have arrested the leader of a radical Hindu group for his alleged plan to extort money from a Catholic priest by raising sexual allegations. The arrested has been identified as Muthuvel, districtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 16, 2023: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called for the repeal of anti-conversion laws in force in 12 Indian states. The US federal government entity empowered to monitor and to recommend freedom of religion policies across the worldContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 15, 2023: Sadhu Ittiyavirah, an itinerant preacher, a spiritual guide, a renowned writer, and a social reformer who had inspired several generations, died March 14 at Kothamangalam in the southern Indian state of Kerala. He would have turned 101 on March 18. The deathContinue Reading
