Jalandhar, July 14, 2020: Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar has tested Covid-19 positive, the same evening a court in Kerala issued non-bailable warrant against him for non-appearance in a rape case. Officials at the Civil Hospital in Jalandhar where the accused bishop’s test was done confirmed on July 13 thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, July 13, 2020: A court in Kerala on July 13 created history by issuing non-bailable arrest warrant against a Catholic bishop, who failed several times to appear for trial in a rape case. The Additional District and Sessions Judge in Kottayam on July 1 hadContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dhaka, July 12, 2020: Archbishop Moses Costa of Chittagong in Bangladesh, who had recently recovered from Covid-19, died July 13 morning because of multiple strokes caused by a brain hemorrhage. “With great sadness and loss, I announced to you and to everyone concerned that (Archbishop MosesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, July 12, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias on July 12 expressed concern over seafarers stranded in various parts of the world because of the coronavirus pandemic and assured them the Church’s prayers for their safe return home. “I want to join you my dear seafarers whoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhatpur, July 12, 2020: Pastor Munsi Deo Tando was abducted and murdered in near Bhatpar, a village in the Gadchiroli district of the western Indian state of Maharashtra. A group of Naxalites or Maoists came to the pastor’s house as he was concluding a 90-minute prayerContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, July 10, 2020: Covid-19 on July 10 claimed the second priest in the archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore. Father B K Francis Xavier, parish priest of Holy Trinity Church Mogappair East, died at Chennai’s St Thomas Hospital. He was 59. He is the fourth priest to dieContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panchgani, July 9, 202: A group of health workers from Tellicherry archdiocese in Kerala has won praises for their dedicated services among coronavirus victims in a Maharashtra district. “The district collector and other officers are highly impressed with their work,” says Father Tomy Kariyilakulam, director BelContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 8, 2020: Tributes continue to pour in for Father Raymond Ambroise, a noted communicator in the Asian Church, who died of heart attack on July 7 in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. Father Raymond’s elder brother Bishop Emeritus Yvon Ambroise of TuticorinContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 7, 2020: The Kerala High Court July 7 rejected deposed Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s plea to quash the charge of sexually assaulting a nun against him and directed him to face trial. The prosecution had argued in court that there’s ample evidence against theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters Team Secunderabad, July 7, 2020: The Church in India on July 7 mourned the death of Father Raymond Ambroise, a noted media personality and social development worker. Father Raymond, as he was popularly known, was the former secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC)Continue Reading