By Lisa Zengarini London: Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has joined calls for the government of India to release Father Stan Swamy. The 83-year-old Indian Jesuit priest and social activist has been imprisoned since October 9, 2020, on unfounded charges of sedition andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore: A group of Hindu hardliners on January 26 stormed a Catholic media center in the central Indian city of Indore for allegedly conducting religious conversion program. “By 6 pm, the premises were completely free of the trouble makers and it’s peaceful now,” says a messageContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The Indian government on January 25 honored a deceased Spanish Jesuit missionary with one of the nation´s highest civilian awards. Father Carlos Gonzalvez Valles, who died November 9, 2020, in Madrid, capital of Spain, is among 102 chosen for Padma Shri (Lotus honored), the fourthContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Incarceration has not diminished the concern for others in an octogenarian Jesuit activist, who has spent more than 100 days in a jail. “A caged bird can still sing,” asserts Father Stan Swamy in a letter to his conferrers and supporters written from Taloja CentralContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: The Income Tax department on January 20 raided 28 places in Tamil Nadu connected to renowned evangelist Paul Dhinakaran and his missionary organization “Jesus Calls.” The raids were reportedly conducted on the basis of complaints of tax evasion and foreign funds irregularities. Paul Dhinakaran, sonContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Three Indian cardinals on January 19 met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and requested him to invite Pope Francis to the country. Talking to reporters after the meeting in Delhi, the cardinals said the prime minister agreed to their request and promised to take aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Mother Giovanna Saveria Alberoni, former superior general of the Ursulines of Mary Immaculate congregation who converted a 22-bed nursing home to a full-fledged multi-specialty institution and medical research center in Mumbai, died on January 18. She was 94. Mother Alberoni, the first Ursuline nun toContinue Reading
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 16 launched across India the world’s largest vaccination drive against Covid-19. As many as 165,714 people were vaccinated across India on the first day, said federal Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who commended volunteers who helped in clinical trials and the research processContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Dumka: Christians in Jharkhand state’s Dumka town on January 15 took out a candle light procession to pray for Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, who has completed 100 days in a Mumbai prison. They prayed and walked with posters demanding the release of the member of theContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Nangathur: Several former bonded laborers in Tamil Nadu are praying for the release of Father Stan Swamy as the Jesuit social activist enters his 100th day in Mumbai’s Taloja Prison on January 15. “We are praying for Father Stan who had helped liberate our family from landlord’sContinue Reading
