By Matters India Reporter Baruipur: Unidentified persons have vandalized the images of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Mother Teresa kept at two grottoes of a parish under the Baruipur diocese in West Bengal state. “Two of the images had been removed from the grottoes and made into small pieces. EffortsContinue Reading
By Frida Toppo Raiganj: A 52-year-old priest of the diocese of Raiganj in West Bengal has died in a road accident. The accident occurred on November 29 when Father Clement Kerketta, assistant parish priest of Catholic Church in Debijhora, was returning after attending the ordination anniversary of his minor seminaryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palayamkottai: Jesuit Father Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu has been identified as one of the top 1 percent scientists in biology. The director of St Xavier’s College in Tamil Nadu’s Palayamkottai town earned the honor after scientists in the United States evaluated the Jesuit’s research publications. A recent articleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Pope Francis has dismissed from priesthood the former spokesperson of the Catholic Church in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. “Now, with regret and pain I wish to formally communicate to everyone that by an official decree from our Supreme Pontiff Pope Francis,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati: The Christian community of Assam joined social and political leaders to mourn the death of Tarun Gogoi, a former chief minister of the northeastern Indian state. Gogoi, who was Assam chief minister for three terms died November 23 while undergoing treatment at the Gauhati MedicalContinue Reading
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