By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Feb 2, 2022: Pope Francis on February 2 appointed Monsignor Thomas J Netto as the new head of the Trivandrum Latin rite archdiocese. The Pope has also accepted the resignation of Archbishop M Calist Soosa Pakiam, who headed the archdiocese since February 2, 1990. TheseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore, Feb 1, 2022: A three-day global convention ended February 1 in the central Indian city of India with a clarion call to make peace building a priority for individuals and organizations. Peace building cannot be left to politicians and governments, and each individual should takeContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 31, 2022: A 27-year-old woman, who died fighting cancer, is emerging as a possible saint from India, with people seeking her intercession for modern wayward youth. Ajna George, a member of the Jesus Youth movement and an assistant professor, died January 21 in Kochi,Continue Reading
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
