By Matters India Reporter Dimapur, July 28, 2020: A Salesian missionary, who dedicated his entire life for the people the northeastern India, especially Arunachal Pradesh state, died of a massive heart attack. Father Joseph Kaippallimyalil died at 9:30 am on July 27 at Sanjivani Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, says a condolenceContinue Reading
Guwahati, July 26, 2020: Five people drowned during the last 24 hours in Assam to take the flood death toll to 102. Another 26 were killed in landslides triggered by intermittent heavy rainfall since May 22. Officials of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority said the flood situation improved overnightContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 25, 2020: Raped-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar on July 25 approached the Supreme Court to get his case dismissed, claiming his innocence. The plea filed by Mulakkal claims that he was implicated after enquiring financial dealings of the victim nun. Seeking anContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, July 24, 2020: Several Catholic dioceses in India have formed volunteers’ groups to provide decent burial to those dying of COVID-19. One of the first dioceses to form such a group was Idukki in Kerala that on July 20 set up a team of 30Continue Reading
Beijing, July 23, 2020: In continuation with its religious repression, Chinese authorities have reportedly ordered Christians to renounce their faith and replace the crosses, images of Jesus in churches with portraits of Chairman Mao and President Xi Jinping or risk losing welfare benefits. According to a report published in DailyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 22, 2020: A group of catholic women “concerned about justice issues in the Church and society” has condemned a former priest’s plan to marry a minor girl he raped and impregnated as an attempt to get out of jail. “We find this extremelyContinue Reading
By Bindu Shajan Perappadan New Delhi, July 21, 2020: A total of 104 doctors have died because of Covid-19-related complications until July 13 across India, states a paper from the president of the Indian Medical Association in Cochin. Another four deaths of doctors — three of them in road accidentsContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Kolkata, July 20, 2020 : A pioneer educationist who brought free Don Bosco education to Kolkata’s slum children died on July 19 in a hospital in the eastern Indian city. Salesian Father Joseph Aymanathil is the first Catholic priest to die in Kolkata archdiocese and the fifth inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Itanagar, July 17, 2020: Women groups in Arunachal Pradesh have condemned the alleged molestation of a young female medical student by a Salesian priest in Itanagar, capital of the northeastern Indian state. The 22-year-old woman has alleged that Father Cyriac Pulinthanathumalayil molested her during her stayContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dibrugarh, July 16, 2020: A senior nun in northeastern India, who was discharged after testing negative for Covid-19, died on July 16. She was 82. Sister Michael Serrao, a member of the Institute of the Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa (SCCG),Continue Reading