By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, May 17, 2022: The Karnataka government has passed an ordinance to abolish religious conversions in the southern Indian state ignoring resistance from the Catholic Church and other groups. Karnataka Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot ordinance on May 17 signed the ordinance a day after a Catholic delegationContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 13, 2022: At least 27 people were killed and scores wounded May 13 when a massive fire broke out in a commercial building in West Delhi. Police said the fire engulfed a four-story building near the Mundka Metro station. The fire department hasContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 11, 2022: Christian activists in India on May 11 recalled “the sacrifice” of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy while welcoming the Supreme Court order to keep the country’s sedition law on abeyance. Father Stan, as he was popularly known, died July 5, 2021, in aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai, May 9, 2022: Christians in Tamil Nadu have expressed surprise that the state’s high court has admitted a public interest litigation to stop forcible conversion of students in schools. The bench of Justices R. Madhavan and S. Ananthi of the Madras High Court on MayContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Chennai, May 4, 2022: The demand for a Dalit Rite in the Catholic Church in India was reiterated at a conference of theologians, biblical scholars and canon law experts from the community. Caste is a stark reality and caste-based discrimination is rampant in the Catholic Church’sContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Lucknow, May 2, 2022: Some Catholic leaders in Uttar Pradesh have welcomed a government drive to remove loud speakers from religious places in the northern Indian state. “If the government is doing it in a non-partisan way and without religious prejudices, it is to be appreciated,” saysContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 29, 2022: Men and women have reacted differently to a retired judge’ remarks that rape cases end in low convictions because women misuse the laws. While men welcomed the remarks as “a bold statement” women found them shocking and traditional attitudes of viewingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, April 29, 2022: The debilitating impact of the pandemic on the marginalized was the focus of the annual meeting of Indian Catholic theologians. The Indian Theological Association met April 26-29 at the National Biblical Catechetical and Liturgical Centre in Bengaluru, southern India, to address theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, April 26, 2022: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore on April 26 dismissed as false and misleading the media reports that some Catholic schools in the southern Indian city force children to buy Bibles and bring them to class. According to an ndtv.com April 25 reportContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, April 24, 2022: A Catholic priest has been arrested in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl. The Baghpet police April 23 arrested Father Albert S, a priest of Meerut diocese. The police took Father Albert into custody afterContinue Reading
