By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 9, 2020: Activists working among tribal communities in India on August 9 joined their counterparts around the world to observe the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The Indians marked the occasion with a series of virtual talks and discussions from AugustContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 8, 2020: Senior academics, activists and clergy from various Christian denominations from across India have called upon their community members, especially youth and students, to jointly work with civil society to ensure an India safe for minorities, Dalits, Tribals and the poor. AContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Aug 7, 2020: The District and Session Court in Kottayam, Kerala, on August 7 restored the bail of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar. The court on July 13 canceled the bail and ordered the prelate’s arrest after he avoided appearances despite several summonses. The courtContinue Reading
Ahmedabad, Aug 6, 2020: Eight people on August 6 died after a huge fire broke out at a private hospital for coronavirus patients in Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s commercial capital. As the blaze broke out at the Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad’s Navrangpura area at around 3 am, eight fire engines and 10Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 5, 2020: The Supreme Court of India on August 5 dismissed the appeal of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar against the Kerala High Court’s refusal to dismiss a rape case against him. The Chief Justice of India told Bishop Mulakkal, “You don’t have aContinue Reading
Berlin, Aug 3, 2020: Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother, who died a month ago, a German newspaper reported August 3. The daily Passauer Neue Presse quoted Peter Seewald, a biographer of the retired pontiff,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 1, 2020: A Catholic laity forum in India has urged the papal representative in the country to set up a seven-member committee to probe various allegations against Bishop K A William of Mysore. The committee members “should be mandated to make public theirContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ferozepur, July 31, 2020: A pastor was found dead in the Ferozepur district of Punjab state in northern India. The body of Pastor Balwinder Bagicha Bhatti was discovered by some people by the roadside in Zira Tehsil July 27, reports Persecution Relief, an ecumenical group monitoringContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, July 30, 2020: Sister Elsita Mathew, superior general of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, died suddenly on July 30 in Patna, Bihar. She was 70. The death occurred at 11:35 am in the congregation’s headquarters in Kurji, a Patna suburb, according to Sister Manjula,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 29, 2020: Father George Gispert Sauch, a renowned theologian and Sanskrit scholar who taught generations of Indian seminarians, died on July 29 in Mumbai. He was 90. Father Gispert, as he was popularly known, was leading a retirement life at Vinayalaya, Jesuit center inContinue Reading