By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A Catholic nun, who has exhausted all avenues of appeal against her dismissal from her congregation, says she will not leave her convent until an Indian court decides her petition. The Franciscan Clarist Congregation on June 13 ordered Sister Lucy Kalapura to vacate theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: A weekly managed by the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese in Kerala has extended support to the residents of Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian Sea. A recent editorial in Sathyadeepam (light of truth) termed the crisis as ‘not just an attack against minority but against humanity.’ The politicsContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata: The Society of Jesus has suffered the largest number of Covid deaths among Catholic priests in India despite all alertness and preparations, says the congregation’s South Asia chief. “Despite our goodwill and efforts, we lost about 37 Jesuits to Covid-19 this year,” Father Stanislaus D’Souza, presidentContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra New Delhi: Tribal groups and their supporters on June 9 organized a webinar to commemorate the 121st anniversary of Birsa Munda’s martyrdom. Munda, a tribal hero and revolutionary from Jharkhand, died at the age of 25 while fighting the British for independence and to protect tribalContinue Reading
By Blasius Tete Mon: A Salesian priest on June 9 received head injuries after a young man hit him with the statue of Don Bosco in the eastern Indian state of Nagaland. The incident occurred in the evening at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School at Mon, a town some 325Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Rayagada: An alleged group of Hindu extremists have chased away Christians from a village in Odisha after destroying their houses. The incident occurred on June 8 at Sikapai village in Rayagada district. The village has some 40 families, including 8 Christian. Upajukta Singh, the village pastor, saidContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) has appealed the federal and state governments to review all sedition charges and cases slapped on media persons and social activists in the country. “Respecting and imbibing the spirit of the Supreme Court verdict that recently quashed theContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: It was on April 27, 2020, that Pope Francis appointed Father Trevor D’Souza of Saint Anthony’s Friary, Koramangala, in the Archdiocese of Bangalore, as a “Missionary of Mercy” for a period of three years. The new faculty empowers him to forgive certain sins hitherto reservedContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Itanagar: Northeast student unions across India on May 4 came together on Twitter to campaign for inclusion of a chapter dedicated to their region in textbooks prepared by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Termed ‘Twitter Storm,’ the campaign lasted two hours from 6Continue Reading
Washington: The Holy See has been granted permanent observer status to the World Health Organization following resolution adopted by consensus on May 31. This means that the Holy See will be a non-member state Observer for the organization, and will be permitted to observe sessions and participate in debates. UnlikeContinue Reading