By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 11, 2019: The trial of the nun rape case, which was scheduled to begin on November 11, has been postponed. The Additional District and Sessions Judge in Kottayam in Kottayam, Kerala, has now fixed November 30 as the date to begin the trialContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov. 10, 2019: Tirunellai Narayana Seshan, an icon of Indian bureaucracy who ushered in reforms in the country’s electoral process, died of cardiac arrest on November 10 in Chennai. He was 86. Seshan, a native of Kerala’s Palakkad district, was India’s chief election commissionerContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 7, 2019: The Archdiocese of Tellicherry on November 7 dismissed as fake media reports that it has formed an army to protect Christian faith and ideals. “The news about the Gabriel Sena (army) is objectionable misrepresentation of facts. It violates the media ethics,” saysContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mysuru, Nov 6, 2019: A group of parishioners has supported Bishop K A William of Mysore after 37 priests of the diocese wrote to Pope Francis demanding the prelate’s dismissal. The parishioners on November 5 shouted slogans in support of Bishop William when a laity groupContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov 5, 2019: Another case has been registered against Cardinal George Alencherry in connection with unlawful land dealings. The Kakkanad Judicial First Class Magistrate Court on November 5 asked the cardinal and Father Joshy Puthuva to appear in person on December 3 to answer chargesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, November 4, 2019: A Catholic priest in Madhya Pradesh has been charged with cheating and forgery. Father Anand Muttungal, the former spokesperson and public relation officer of the Catholic Church the central Indian state, claims he is innocent and terms the case as aContinue Reading
By Misha Bhatt Mumbai, Nov 3, 2019: The management of Eastern Coalfields Limited on November 3 rescued around 70 laborers trapped inside a coal mine for more than 15 hours. “Due to the malfunction of both steam-powered and electric-powered lifts, these workers were trapped. Later we rescued around seventy laborersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Shirva, Nov 2, 2019: Assurance from their bishop on November 2 prompted some Catholics to call of their protest demanding a probe into the alleged suicide of a priest. Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo of Udupi has promised to meet the protesters at 10 am on NovemberContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov. 1, 2019: Father Romuald D’Souza, a renowned Jesuit educationist and thinker, died on November 1 in Goa, western India. He was 94. Father D’Souza “will always be remembered for his contribution to the field of education. He will always be an inspiration to allContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, October 31, 209: A Catholic priest was granted bail two weeks after he was sent to judicial custody in connection with the death of a hosteler. The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Unakoti district of North Tripura on October 30 granted bail to Holy CrossContinue Reading