Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet on December 26 passed a bill aimed at curbing forced religious conversions in the central Indian state. If made a law, it will include a maximum punishment of up to 10 years in jail and up to 100,000 rupees in fine, with the burden ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram: A court in Kerala on December 23 gave life term to a Catholic priest and nun found guilty of murdering Sister Abhaya 28 years ago. A day earlier, the special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation convicted Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy, aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram: A court in Kerala on December 22 found a Catholic priest and a nun guilty of murdering Sister Abhaya 28 years ago. The Special Court of the Central Bureau of Investigation in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital, found Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy guilty ofContinue Reading
Kochi: The Special Investigation Team of Kerala police has filed a chargesheet against four, including three priests, in the case of alleged forgery of documents to defame Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church. According to the chargesheet, filed December 19 before Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Kakkanad, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The head of Kerala-based Jacobite Church has apologized for the insulting remarks made by one of his bishops against the fishermen community. “With great pain I listened to the speech of our Bishop Mar Athanasios. We are really sorry that it did hurt our dearContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A national body of Catholic women has expressed grave concern at the way Church leaders in India have handled the case of a priest who fathered a child with a nun. The Sisters in Solidarity (SiS) on December 16 urged top Church bodies inContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on December 14 issued notices to among others the federal and Kerala governments on a petition challenging the mandatory sacramental confessions practiced in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. The petitioners, Mathew Mathachan and CV Jose, argued that the practice of undergoing “sacramental confession”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: Laity groups in Kerala on December 13 burnt copies of the 2021 calendar of the Trichur Archdiocese that feature the photo of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, who is accused of raping a nun. The calendar “shows the attitude of Church authorities. Last year alsoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: A post card campaign was launched on December 10, the human rights day, to seek the release of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy and those allegedly accused falsely in the Bhima Koregaon case Under the campaign, the “Friends of Fr. Stan Swamy” planned to send asContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru: Pope Francis on November 9 accepted the resignation of Jesuit Archbishop William D’Souza of Patna. This led to the automatic elevation of Coadjutor Archbishop Sebastian Kallupura as Patna’s metropolitan archbishop. This was made public at 4:30 pm in India, says a press release from theContinue Reading
