By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct. 5, 2021: The Catholic Church in India witnessed a rare event when a cardinal appeared in a court as a witness in a case where a bishop is being tried for allegedly raping a nun. Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, OctoberContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct. 4, 2021: Farmer unions associated with the Church on October 4 condemned the killing of their counterparts protesting in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. “We strongly condemn the brutal way the government suppresses protesting farmers,” Joy Kannanchira, the chairman of the “We Farm”Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept. 30, 2021: Delhi archdiocese’s new auxiliary bishop says he will work hard to bring spiritual revival in the Catholic Church in the national capital. “A spiritual revival in myself, among the clergy, religious and the faithful is my vision right now,” says Monsignor DeepakContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Sept. 29, 2021: The government in Karnataka has issued an order to check “forced conversions” in the southern Indian state. State Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on September 28 instructed the district deputy commissioners to become vigilant about the conversions in their respective jurisdiction and punish thoseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati: The Christian Community of Assam on September 23 joined others to express shock and anguish over what they is “the most inhumane act” of land eviction. “In the most inhumane eviction operation carried out at Gorokhuti in the Darrang district of Assam, some 800 familiesContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru: A Christian ashram movement has launched a campaign to promote religious unity and harmony in Kerala, a southern Indian state where a debate is raging over Islamophobia. “It is a fact that religious groups are passing through a crisis situation due to wide politicization of religionContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Sancole: The Goa-based Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth has elected Sister Berna Rodrigues as their ninth superior general. The election took place September 8, the last day of the congregation’s 12th ordinary general congregation held at St. Joseph Vaz Spiritual Centre, Old Goa. First timeContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Muthukad: A Catholic nun was among 16 people in Kerala who have received court permission to kill wild boars that destroy their farms. The Kerala High Court on September 18 gave special permission to Sister Jofi Joseph and others, who are members of a farmers group, afterContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Sept 18, 2021: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was among those mourning the death of K M Roy, a veteran journalist whose boldness had brought to limelight the murder of a Catholic nun. Roy died on September 18 at his residence in Kochi, Kerala. HeContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: A group of Catholic women says they are deeply concerned over a bishop’s controversial statement that now threatens communal harmony in India. In a statement endorsed by 89 Catholic women from across India urges the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and its Kerala unit toContinue Reading
