By Arockiasamy Santhanam Madurai: Catholic churches across Tamil Nadu October 18 expressed solidarity with Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, a native of the southern Indian state now who is in a Mumbai jail for alleged Maoists links. During the Sunday Mass, Catholics prayed for the good health and immediate release ofContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Thiruvalla: Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan, the supreme head of the Indian face of the Christian faith, died of old age ailments October 18 at Thiruvalla, Kerala. He was 89. The death of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church head occurred around 2:38 am at a private hospitalContinue Reading
Ranchi: Archbishop Felix Toppo of Ranchi October 16 joined priests, nuns and lay people to form a 5-kilometer human chain to denounce the arrest of an octogenarian Jesuit priest for alleged Maoist links. Many of the more than 1,000 protestors, who lined up in the Jharkhand state capital of RanchiContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters New Delhi: The Vatican Congregation for the Oriental Churches has appointed an apostolic visitor for the Kerala-based Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (MCBS). An October 13 letter from the Apostolic Nunciature in Delhi to MCBS superior general Father Joseph Maleparampil said Rome has appointed CarmelitesContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has rejected a plea seeking ban on Halal form of slaughtering of animals adhered by Muslims. A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul October 12 questioned the intention of the petitioner and also said that court cannot interfere with the food habitsContinue Reading
New Delhi: A chip made of cow dung will reduce radiation from mobile handsets and protect users from various diseases, a government official has claimed. “Cow dung will protect everyone, it is anti-radiation… It is scientifically proven,” asserted Vallabhbhai Kathiria, chairperson of the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA, national commission forContinue Reading
New Delhi: Cities across India on October 12 witnessed an unprecedented show of solidarity with an octogenarian Jesuit priest who has been arrested and jailed for alleged Maoist links. From New Delhi to the North East, from Bengaluru to Patna, and from Kochi to Mumbai, hundreds of people from allContinue Reading
Chennai: Dalit Christian bodies in Tamil Nadu have reiterated their demand for appointing priests from the communities to the posts to bishops in the southern Indian state. The office of bishops in five dioceses and one archdiocese now lies vacant in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry; point out groups such asContinue Reading
New Delhi: The arrest and imprisonment of an 83-year-old Jesuit priest in a two-year-old case have led to massive protests by people’s organizations, activists, intellectuals and concerned citizens from across India. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), a federal body to counter terror activities in the country, October 8 arrested FatherContinue Reading
Ranchi: The National Investigation Agency on October 8 took into custody Jesuit social activist Father Stan Lourduswamy for his alleged links with Maoists and banned organizations. The federal agency took the 83-year-old Catholic priest from the Bagaicha campus, his residence near Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.Continue Reading