By Irudhaya Jothi New Delhi, Jan 27, 2022: Jesuit Father Lucas Rayappan, an educationist in Gujarat, died January 27 in Ahmedabad, the western Indian state’s commercial capital. A message from the Gujarat Jesuit province headquarters says the priest died at 3:55 pm at Shalby Hospital in Ahmedabad. He was 59.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Madurai, Jan 24, 2022: A Catholic nun on January 26 completed six days in jail after her arrest in connection with the suicide of a school girl in Tamil Nadu. Meanwhile radical Hindu groups are using the suicide as ploy to target Christians in the southernContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 23, 2022: The Delhi chapter of the Indian Christian Women’s Movement (ICWM) has demanded immediate reinstatement of the rape survivor nun in her congregation. The movement, representing women from various Christian denominations across the country, on January 22 met Archbishop Anil J Couto ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thanjavur, Jan 21, 2022: A Catholic nun was arrested in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu after a 17-year-old girl died by suicide. The girl took poison January 9 at her hostel at Michaelpatti in Thanjavur district, and died 10 days later. Sister Sahaya Mary,Continue Reading
By John Paul Jaipur, Jan 18, 22: As many as 300 attacks on Christians have taken place in India in the past nine months, says a report of a fact-finding team. The report titled, “”Christians Under Attack in India,” was released January 18 at a press conference in Jaipur, capitalContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Jan 16, 2022: The Church in the eastern Indian state of Odisha is mourning the death of native priest in the third wave of Covid-19 now on the rise across the country. Father Sushant Kumar Mantri, a member of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Jan 14, 2022: A court in Kerala on January 14 acquitted Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar in the nun rape case. Judge G Gopakumar of the Additional Sessions District Court said the bishop has been let free for want of evidence. Bishop Mulakkal left theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, January 8, 2022: Christians in India on January 8 expressed relief and joy over the federal government decision to restore the Missionaries of Charity’s license to receive overseas funds. The “most welcome” news, says Sister Dorothy Fernandes, national secretary of the Forum of Religious forContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 5, 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 5 led the nation in mourning the death of Neil Nongkynrih, founder of the internationally renowned Shillong Chamber Choir. The noted music composer, who wanted to replace the sounds of the guns in northeastern India with the sound ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Jan 4, 2021: The Order of the Discalced Carmelites and the Church in Odisha January 4 mourned the death of two seminarians in a road accident in the eastern Indian state. Brothers Masin Digal and Liudas Parichha were going to a shrine in Kandhamal district withContinue Reading
