Tübingen (Germany): Hans Küng, an influential and controversial Swiss theologian, died at the age of 93. The German Catholic Church’s official website said that Küng died on the afternoon of April 6 at his home in Tübingen, southwest Germany. Küng served as a theological adviser at the Second Vatican CouncilContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ujjain: A Catholic priest going to conduct Good Friday service in a mission center in the diocese of Ujjain on April 2 was killed in a road accident. Father John Nadunilam was going from Jamner town to Kalapipal village, some 10 km northeast, in Guna districtContinue Reading
New Delhi: A Supreme Court-appointed panel has submitted its report on the three agricultural reform laws in a closed cover. The report will be revealed during the next hearing of the case. “We submitted the report in a sealed envelope to the registrar of the court on March 19. ItContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Rome: More than 500 people have been killed in Myanmar in the Military junta’s ruthless crackdown on protests since the Feb 1 ousting of the elected government and their leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a local non-governmental organization has said. As of March 29, as many asContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Father Jacob Pallipurath, the only Catholic priest in India to become a legislator in a state assembly for one term, died March 29 at Dharwad in Karnataka. He was 90. Father Jacob belonged to Belgaum diocese. The funeral will be held at 4 pmContinue Reading
Mumbai: Ten bodies were recovered and more than 70 coronavirus patients were moved to safety after a huge fire broke out on March 26 night at a mall in Mumbai that has a hospital. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray sought “forgiveness” from the families of those who lost lives, addingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: A Catholic priest died March 26 after falling from the terrace of a major seminary near Chennai where he was teaching for the past several years. According to a message from Monsignor L John Robert, administrator of Vellore diocese, Father Velanganni Vinothraj died because ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ponkunnam: India’s Home Minister Amit Shah has assured Christians that he would take action against attackers of Catholic nuns who were traveling on a train in Uttar Pradesh. The minister was responding to an appeal from Member of Parliament Alphons Kannanthanam at a public function inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The denial of bail to Father Stan Swamy continues to evoke condemnation even as the court claimed it has found evidence to prove the 83-year-old Jesuit tribal activist had conspired to overthrow the government. Special judge D E Kothalikar of the National Investigation AgencyContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: A court in Mumbai, western India, on March 22 rejected the bail application of Jesuit tribal activist Father Stan Swamy, plunging his confreres and friends into deep gloom. “We are saddened to share with you the news that Fr Stan Swamy has been denied bailContinue Reading