By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 22, 2024: Christian reform groups from across the world observed the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene July 22 by urging Pope Francis to ensure women’s full equality in the Church, including their ordination to priesthood. In an open letter addressed to “Dear Brother Francis,”Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 12, 2024: A Catholic delegation on July 12 met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to voice their concern over the increasing attacks on Christians in various parts of the country. The four-member delegation led by Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, president of the CatholicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jabalpur, July 12, 2024: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on July 12 denied bail to 14 people, including a Protestant bishop and a Catholic priest, accused in the school fees scam. The Jabalpur-based court, however, granted bail to a female school principal and anticipatory bail toContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 10, 2024: Archbishop Emeritus Alphonsus Mathias, a Vatican II delegate who led the Indian Catholic Church in the tumultuous 1990s, died July 10 at Bengaluru’s St. John’s Medical College. The death of the 96-year-old prelate occurred at 5:20 pm as he was undergoing treatmentContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 5, 2024: Bishop George Mamalassery, who had helped transform a remote and hazardous northeastern Indian region into a modern place, died July 5 due to severe respiratory issues. He was 92. The first bishop of Tura in Meghalaya state died at 2:20 am atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 4, 2024: A Christian Member of Parliament in India has sought the federal government’s intervention in securing the release of a Protestant bishop, a Catholic priest and several others imprisoned for more than a month in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 3, 2024: Catholic bishops in India have joined political and social leaders to mourn the death of 121 people in a stampede at a Hindu religious event in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state. “We pray for the eternal repose of the departedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 24, 2024: The Catholic bishops have called for stringent action against production and distribution of illegal liquor in the country after several deaths from consumption of tainted liquor were reported from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. “Our thoughts and prayers areContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 10, 2024: Catholic priests and religious practicing law in India have reacted differently to a women congregation denying permission to a lawyer member from contesting the Supreme Court Bar Association elections. Sister Jessy Kurian, a member of the St Ann of Providence and aContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Mohana, May 10, 2024: Around 15,000, including Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, on May 9 attended the golden jubilee celebrations of Berhampur diocese in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. “I am glad and happy to be with you and for you to celebrate this jubilee Mass,”Continue Reading
