By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The women section of the Conference of Religious of India undertook a study after media reported about widespread exploitation of Catholic women religious in the Church. The reports in L’Osservatore Romano and Matters India in 2018 spoke of nuns in menial occupations with little recognitionContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: Thandapani, an 85-year-old man in Tamil Nadu, was found with black fungus in May. The Ear-Nose-Throat doctor treated him with injections that cost 25,000 rupees but could not cure him. By then, the octogenarian had lost his consciousness. His body was swollen, bladder and bowel wereContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: The Catholic Church in Kolkata on June 21 mourned the death of an outstanding priest, who had played a key role in the administration, governance and pastoral advancement of the Calcutta archdiocese. Archdiocese’s judicial vicar Father John Mohandas died at 6 am on June 21 becauseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The dismissal of a Catholic nun from a Kerala-based religious congregation has drawn various reactions. The National Commission for Women has intervened in the incident where Sister Lucy Kalapura was expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation. The New Delhi-based Commission on June 19 wroteContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on June 17 extended tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy’s private hospital stay until July 5 after studying his medical report. The court said the detailed medical report from the medical director of Mumbai’s Holy Family Hospital says the 84-year-old priest continues to be criticalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Gumla: The Catholic Church in India on June 15 lost the fourth bishop to Covid-19. Bishop Paul Alois Lakra of Gumla in Jharkhand died at 1.30 am at Orchid Hospital Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state, where he was undergoing Covid-19 treatment. He was 65.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A Catholic nun, who has exhausted all avenues of appeal against her dismissal from her congregation, says she will not leave her convent until an Indian court decides her petition. The Franciscan Clarist Congregation on June 13 ordered Sister Lucy Kalapura to vacate theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: A weekly managed by the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese in Kerala has extended support to the residents of Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian Sea. A recent editorial in Sathyadeepam (light of truth) termed the crisis as ‘not just an attack against minority but against humanity.’ The politicsContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata: The Society of Jesus has suffered the largest number of Covid deaths among Catholic priests in India despite all alertness and preparations, says the congregation’s South Asia chief. “Despite our goodwill and efforts, we lost about 37 Jesuits to Covid-19 this year,” Father Stanislaus D’Souza, presidentContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra New Delhi: Tribal groups and their supporters on June 9 organized a webinar to commemorate the 121st anniversary of Birsa Munda’s martyrdom. Munda, a tribal hero and revolutionary from Jharkhand, died at the age of 25 while fighting the British for independence and to protect tribalContinue Reading
