By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, June 28, 2022: A Syro-Malabar archdiocese in Kerala has defrocked a priest who reportedly married a Hindu woman after allegedly converting to Hinduism. A June 28 “declaration” from the Tellicherry archdiocese says Father Mathew Mullappally had informed Archbishop Joseph Pamplany his “definite and non-retractable” personalContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi, June 26, 2022: A book on the unusual struggle of a group of Catholic nuns against an archdiocese and their congregation was launched June 26 during a virtual function. The book, “My Prophetic Struggle, The Narakkal Story,’ written jointly by Carmelite Sister Annie Jaise and feministContinue Reading
Kottar, June 24, 2022: Church in India on June 24 conducted a National Thanksgiving Prayer Service from the tomb of St. Devasahayam and consecrated all families to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In his homily on the occasion, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay and one of the topmostContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, June 23, 2022: The Kerala High Court on June 23 granted bail to a Catholic priest and a nun who have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the sensational Abhaya murder case. The division bench of Justices Vinod Chandran and C Jayachandran acted upon theContinue Reading
Mexico City, June 21, 2022: The Jesuits in Mexico have said two of their priests were murdered while trying to defend a man who was seeking refuge in a church while being being pursued by an armed person. A statement from Jesuit provincial of Mexico Father Luis Gerardo Moro MadridContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2022: Setting up national and state redressal commissions and strengthening India’s human rights monitoring mechanisms were among the demands an ecumenical body made to the federal minister of minority affairs. A delegation of the United Christian Forum on June 16 submitted toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 14, 2022: A Catholic nun working in the diocese of Rajkot in Gujarat state died in a road accident three days ago. Sister Grace Jose, a member of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, was going for evening Mass on a scooter on June 11Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 13, 2022: The United Christian Forum (UCF), an ecumenical group, has demanded urgent judicial and government intervention to check what it says is the rapid rise in incidents of violence, coercion and false arrests that traumatize the community. The persecution is most acuteContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 11, 2022: Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, apostolic nuncio to India and Nepal, on June 11 said the Vatican has accepted the Indian court decision about Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar. The nuncio, who was on a two-day pastoral visit to Jalandhar, said this June 11Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Amritsar, June 6, 2022: A top Sikh leader on June 6 expressed concern over churches and mosques being built in large numbers in rural Punjab and urged Sikh preachers to reach out and counter this trend of conversion, particularly in the state’s border areas. Akal TakhtContinue Reading
