By Matters India Reporter Koodapuzha, March 23, 2020: Police in Kerala on March 23 arrested a Catholic priest for celebrating Mass in the church with some 100 people, defying government order on social distancing to contain coronavirus pandemic. However, the police let off Father Pauly Padayatty, a priest of theContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 22, 2020: Two coronavirus deaths were reported from Maharashtra’s Mumbai and Bihar on March 22, taking the total number of deaths linked to COVID-19 in India to six. In Bihar, a 38-year-old man who had recently traveled to Qatar died of renal failure at Patna’s All IndiaContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, March 21, 2020: To curb the spread of pandemic COVID-19 in India, Catholic dioceses in the country have suspended public participation in Masses and other church services. The Church has adopted different measures to support the government’s efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19. AccordingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 20, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, on March 20 urged his people to cooperate wholeheartedly with the people’s curfew called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain coronavirus epidemic. Cardinal Gracias lauded the prime minister’s public appealContinue Reading
By Victor Edwin Hyderabad, March 19, 2020: The Henry Martyn Institute in Hyderabad, a pioneering specialized institute of Islamic studies, has honored a Jesuit educationalist and a Muslim scholar for their contribution to Muslim-Christian relations. Church of South India Bishop Pushpa Lolita, vice-chairperson of Henry Martyn Institute, on March 18Continue Reading
New Delhi, March 17, 2020: Caritas India plans to set up an emergency task force to meet the coronavirus epidemic spreading across the country. The social action wing of the Catholic bishops in India also plans to hold an emergency meeting at the national level to evaluate the situation andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, March 16, 2020: The Kottayam Additional district sessions Court in Kerala on March 16 dismissed the discharge petition filed by Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, accused of raping a nun multiple times over a period of two years. The court ruling now forces the 55-year-oldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalpaiguri, March 15, 2020: Human rights activists across India have mourned the death of Abhay Flavian Xaxa, an Adivasi sociologist who died of heart attack on March 14 in West Bengal. He was 47. “We lost one of the tribal jewels in India,” says Divine WordContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Turin, March 13, 2020: The Salesians of Don Bosco congregation has decided to wind up midway its 28th general chapter in view of the coronavirus pandemic. The apex body of the world’s second largest Catholic religious congregation for men began the six-yearly meet on February 15.Continue Reading
New Delhi, March 13, 2020: A Delhi court on March 13 sentenced an expelled legislator to 10 years in prison for murdering the father of a teen girl he raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao three years ago. “The victim lost her father. She can’t return to her home. There areContinue Reading