By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 22, 2024: Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferro, archbishop of Goa-Daman, has been elected the president of the Federation of Asian Catholic Bishops’ Conferences (FABC). He will succeed Salesian Cardinal Charles Muang Bo, the head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar, in January 2025, whenContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Kathmandu, Feb 19, 224: Social activists from 72 countries attended the five-day World Social Forum (WSF) convention that ended February 19 in Kathmandu with a call to create a war-free world. The convention with the slogan ‘Another World is Possible’ began February 15 with a rally ofContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 17, 2023: The Catholic Church in India on February 17 witnessed another round of mass appointments of bishops. On the same day, Pope Francis accepted the resignations of one archbishop and five bishops. The appointments and resignations were announced at noon in Rome andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, Feb 16, 2024: Christian Churches in Assam, northeastern India, have criticized the state government’s “misguided and misleading” statement equating healing with proselytization. The Assam Christian Forum (ACF), an umbrella body of all Churches, has also rejected a radical Hindu group’s demand for the removal ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mangaluru, Feb 15, 2024: A convent school in Mangaluru, southern India, on February 15 denied the allegations from some Hindu nationalist groups that a nun teacher had made derogatory remarks against Hindu deities. St. Gerosa High School’s denial came three days after it suspended the nun,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mangaluru, Feb 13, 2024: A Catholic school in the southern Indian city of Mangaluru has suspended one of its nun teachers for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Hindu deities. The students of Gerosa High School on February 12 were made to chant “Jai Sri Ram” (HailContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 11, 2023: Getting killed by wild animals that enter human settlements is never acceptable, asserts the head of the Syro-Malabar Church as another person was trampled to death by an elephant in the southern Indian state of Kerala. “One more life has been lostContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ambikapur, Feb 8, 2024: A Catholic nun has been remanded in judicial custody in connection with the death by suicide of a school girl in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. A court in Ambikapur, a major city in Sarguja district, on February 7 remanded CarmeliteContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 7, 2024: Increasing attacks and harassment on Christian institutions and personnel in India will not prevent the Church from serving the poor and downtrodden, assert the Catholic bishops in the country. “As loyal citizens of India, we will continue serving our country whatever beContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Lucknow, Feb 6, 2023: A priest of Lucknow Catholic diocese was among seven people remanded to judicial custody on February 6 for allegedly trying to convert poor Hindus. Father Dominic Pinto and others were presented before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Barabanki, some 90Continue Reading