By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: The death of a young priest by suicide in the eastern state of Odisha has shocked his friends and associates. “It is a great loss for the Odisha Church,” says Father Bernard Lakra, priest-in-charge of Rajgangpur of Rourkela diocese, the native parish of Vincentian Father PradeepContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The death of Jesuit tribal activist Father Stan Swamy has brought shock and anguish to political and religious leaders, media persons, activists and various Church bodies, with some demanding a judicial probe. The 84-year-old Jesuit undertrial prisoner died at 1: 30 pm on JulyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Jesuit tribal activist Father Stan Swamy, who was arrested under India’s anti-terror laws nine months ago, died on July 5 in Mumbai. The 84-year-old priest had been on a ventilator since his health deteriorated a day earlier. He had recovered from Covid-19 recently. The deathContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru: Father John Fernandes, founder president of the Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI), died in Mangaluru on July 3, the feast of Saint Thomas. He was 85. The funeral is scheduled at 9:30 am on July 4 at St.Joseph the worker Church, Vamanjor, Mangaluru. Father Fernandes,Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: It is 3 July 2021: the Feast of St Thomas, the Apostle of India and one of the chosen twelve of Jesus! Since several years now Christians in India have been observing this day to commemorate his martyrdom near Chennai in 72 AD. Saint Thomas, itContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Pope Francis on June 29 appointed bishops for Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu and Port Blair that covers the entire Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Father Savarimuthu Arokiaraj is the new bishop of Tiruchirappalli while Father Visuvasam Selvaraj, the Port Blair prelate. Both the appointments were announcedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, is in the eye of a storm again after the report of a Church-mandated probe by an international audit was leaked to the press. “Cardinal Alencherry has lost his moral right to hold any office of theContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: The Telangana High Court has ordered a judicial inquiry in the case of a Catholic Dalit woman dying in police custody. The court order came on a complaint from the People’s Union for Civil Liberties. Meanwhile an inspector and two officers involved in the case haveContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: A retired judge and India’s National Commission for Women are calling for the reversal of a Vatican decision confirming the expulsion of a nun for her order. Sister Lucy Kalapura, a member of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation in Kerala, has been an outspoken advocate for aContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The women section of the Conference of Religious of India undertook a study after media reported about widespread exploitation of Catholic women religious in the Church. The reports in L’Osservatore Romano and Matters India in 2018 spoke of nuns in menial occupations with little recognitionContinue Reading