By Manju Devarapalli Hyderabad, Sept 2, 2020: Scores of people on September 2 joined a sit-in before a regional seminary in Hyderabad to protest reinstatement of three priests who were suspended four years ago for alleged criminal activities. “Why are the bishops silent on this matter?” asks Pulugujju Suresh, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 31, 2020: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on August 31 expressed deep sadness over the death of former President Pranab Mukherjee earlier in the day. Mukherjee passed away after he developed a lung infection at New Delhi’s Army’s Research and ReferralContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 31, 2020: The Supreme Court of India on August 31 imposed a 1-rupee fine on lawyer activist Prashant Bhushan in a contempt of court case. The court has asked Bhushan to pay the fine by September 15, failing which he will be sentenced to three months inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 29, 2020: Pope Francis on August 29 transferred Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro to Brazil, South America. The Vatican has not announced the successor to Archbishop Diquattro, said the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India headquarters in New Delhi. TheContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Aug 26, 2020: Life took an unexpected turn for Sister Priya Thekkemuriyil on March 13 when she was told that Mother Mary would visit her a month later. The 46-year-old Maria Bambina nun and her companions spent the following month in intense prayer and penance. “WaitingContinue Reading
By Lima Varghese Indore, Aug 28, 2020: As many as 1,500 members of two Catholic women congregations attended two webinars on the theme of “New Wine in New Wineskin.” The participants — Sisters of St. Ann’s Bangalore and Carmelite Sisters of St Theresa (CSST) now serve in countries of African,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 27, 2020: More than 400 women’s groups and others across India plan to launch a campaign to protect constitutional rights on September 5, the third anniversary of the assassination of Gauri Lankesh, a Bengaluru-based journalist-turned-activist. The campaign titled “Hum agar uthhe nahin toh” ((IfContinue Reading
By Irudaya Jothi Kolkata, Aug 26, 2020: Father Gaston Roberge, father of film studios in India who had associated with Satyajit Ray and other top filmmakers in the world, died on August 26 in Kolkata. He was 85. “Father Gaston Roberge passed away at 8:20 this morning. He received communionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26, 2020: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, head of the Syro-Malankara Church, has come to the aid of the Jacobite faction of the Syrian Orthodox Church that has lost its places of worship in a legal battle. “With great joy, we are offering you the Syro-MalankaraContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Aug 24, 2020: A Catholic nun, who pioneered a credit society that helped change the destiny of thousands of women in Mumbai, has died of Covid-19. Sister Shakuntala, a member of Society of the Helpers of Mary for 51 years, died on August 23 atContinue Reading
