By Matters India Reporter Ambala: A 176-year-old cemetery in Ambala, a city in Haryana state, is in a state of ruin as two parties remain locked in battle over its possession. The Christian Cemetery, built in 1844 and spread over 20.54 acre land on Jagadhari Road in the Cantonment, hasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore: A Jain businessman, who funded the publication of Bible reflections running to ten volumes eight years ago, died in Indore, Madhya Pradesh state. Ajit Kumar Kasliwal passed away on November 19 after a prolonged period of illness. He was 84. Father Alengaden says the JainContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Pope Francis on November 19 transferred Bishop Anthony Poola of Kurnool to Hyderabad as its archbishop. The Pope also accepted the resignation of Archbishop Thumma Bala of Hyderabad, who reached the bishops’ canonical retirement age of 75 in April 2019. Archbishop Bala headed theContinue Reading
Bangalore: Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop George Antonysamy, Vice President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) and the Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore, as one of the members of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on November 17. The congregation oversees the work of the Catholic Church inContinue Reading
Madurai: A youth was beheaded by an armed gang in broad daylight in Madurai town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The gang then threw the victim’s severed head outside Madurai’s St Mary’s Church. The November 15 incident on a busy street in Kizhavasal was recorded on cameraContinue Reading
Mumbai: Jailed human rights activist Stan Swamy wrote to his friends about fellow inmates who help him with his chores and said that despite all odds, “humanity is bubbling in prison.” Excerpts from the letter were shared on social media November 14 by Swamy’s friend, human rights activist John Dayal.Continue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on November 12 promoted and transferred Bishop Raphy Manjaly of Allahabad as the archbishop of Agra, the mother diocese of the Church in northern India. He succeeds Archbishop Albert D’Souza, who has headed the Agra Archdiocese since 2007. Archbishop D’Souza last year turned 75, the canonicalContinue Reading
London: Aid to the Church in Need has sent an emergency aid package of 100,000 Euros to Mozambique after extremists linked to Daesh (ISIS) beheaded more than 50 people. The charity announced the aid November 10, following news of the atrocities, which have been confirmed by police. The violence isContinue Reading
By Matters India New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among those mourning the death of a Spanish Jesuit who contributed a new style of writing in Gujarati and translated many mathematical concepts into that Indian language. Father Carlos Gonzalvez Valles died November 9 in Madrid, capital of Spain. TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: People from various walks of life on November 7 condemned the response of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to a request of an 83-year-Jesuit with Parkinson’s disease now languishing in a jail in Mumbai, western India. Father Stan Swamy November 7 moved the NIAContinue Reading