Raipur: A pastor and two others were beaten up by a right-wing mob inside a police station in Raipur, capital of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The mob accused the pastor of indulging in forced religious conversions. The September 5 attack occurred after heated arguments between the mob andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Aluva: A parish in Kerala on September 5 witnessed unruly scenes when its priest tried to read a pastoral letter from the head of the Syro-Malabar Church during the Sunday Mass. A section of parishioners of the Holy Family Church at Prasannapuram near Aluva rushed toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chikmagalur: A court in Karnataka, southern India, has spared a Catholic bishop from facing police inquiry into a land dispute. The Sessions Court in Chikmagalur’s September 1 order observed the accusation against Bishop Thomasappa Anthony Swamy of Chikmagalur and a priest was false. A group ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Pope Francis has appointed Father Varghese Vinayanand Vekkal as the apostolic administrator of the Gurgaon Syro-Malankara diocese. The appointment came August 28, two days after Bishop Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath of Gurgaon died of post Covid complications in a private hospital in New Delhi.Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: Bishop Jacob Barnabas of Gurgaon died of post Covid-19 complications at noon on August 26 in a private hospital in New Delhi. He was 60. Bishop Barnabas is the fifth Catholic prelate in India to die of Covid-19 and its complications. Bishop Barnabas was admittedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has been selected for the first Kandhamal Award for Human Rights/ The individual award has gone posthumously to Paul Pradhan, who had worked for women’s empowerment and the rights of Tribals and Dalits in the eastern Indian state ofContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati: Lack of professionalism often takes the Church’s media advocacy in the wrong direction, admits the Indian head of the international forum for Catholic media persons. Church media persons also suffer from lack of passion and misplaced priorities, Father Stanly Kozhichira, the president of Signis India, toldContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Peace will return to Afghanistan if the international community leaves the country to its own people, says Jesuit Father Alexis Prem Kumar, who had spent several months in Taliban captivity. The Jesuit priest, who is popularly known as Prem, was abducted on June 2, 2014,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Two Jesuits stranded in strife-torn Afghanistan have sought prayers as the Taliban militants took control of the mountainous landlocked country. “Thank you for your continuous prayers for our safety. The way situation is changing in the country, it is anyone’s imagination … safety doesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Kerala High Court on August 12 said that Cardinal George Alencherry must face trial in the land deal case. The court upheld the verdict of a district sessions court that on August 24, 2019, asked the cardinal and two others to stand trial inContinue Reading
