By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on May 17 asked the federal government to take quick action on a Catholic nun’s petition to stop the release of a “blasphemous” Malayalam film on priests and nuns. Sacred Heart Sister Jessy Mani, a New Delhi-based psychologist, approached the DelhiContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Friends and family members of Father Stan Swamy on May 15 demanded immediate medical care for the 84-year-old Jesuit activist after he developed symptoms of Covid-19 infection. Father Swamy’s “health condition is getting worse. He has severe cold, fever, body pain and diarrhea,” says IrudayaContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Port Moresby: Pope Francis on May 13 appointed a missionary priest from India as the bishop of Aitape, a diocese in Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania. Bishop-elect Siby Mathew Peedikayil is a member of the Heralds of Good News, an India-based congregation. The 50-year-old priestContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: As many as ten Catholic priests succumbed to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours in India, according information arriving from various parts of the country. Six priests died on May 12 and four on the previous day. As many as 92 priests and one seminarianContinue Reading
Panaji: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on May 11 said 26 Covid-19 patients died at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the early hours and sought an investigation by the High Court to find out the exact cause. He said these fatalities occurred between 2 a.m. andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji: The archdiocese of Goa-Daman plans to open one of its spiritual renewal centers for people who require self-quarantine during this coronavirus pandemic time. Father Savio Fernandes, assistant director Caritas-Goa, says they have sent five nurses to undergo training in Heathway Hospital to take charge ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: Father Prakash Tirkey, Northern Indian provincial of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians), died of Covid-19 on May 7. He was 57. The death occurred at1:45 pm at St Joseph’s Hospital in Visakhapatnam, a port town in Andhra Pradesh, Vincentian Father Pravas Joseph told Matters India.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore: Bishop Basil Bhuriya of Jabhua, Madhya Pradesh, died May 6 due to cardiac arrest at St. Francis Hospital, Indore. He was undergoing Covid treatment. He was 65. Bishop Basil Bhuriya is the second Indian Catholic prelate to die of Covid 19. Earlier Archbishop Emeritus AntonyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pathanamthitta: Philipose Mar Chrysostom, the world’s oldest bishop who attended the Second Vatican Council as a Protestant observer and was honored with India’s third highest civilian award, died May 5 in Kerala, southern India. He was 104. The death of the Mar Thomas Valiya (senior) MetropolitanContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis presided at an Ordinary Public Consistory for the Canonization of Blesseds on May 3 morning, in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. During a Consistory, the Cardinals “assist the Supreme Pastor of the Church through collegial action” by offering their counsel onContinue Reading