By Matters India Reporter Kochi, August 30, 2019: The apex body of the Syro-Malabar Church has elected a new major archiepiscopal vicar for Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese, a post created with the Vatican approval to end ongoing controversies in the Oriental Catholic rite. Cardinal George Alencherry will continue to head the archdiocese,Continue Reading
Matters India reporter New Delhi, August 29, 2019: At the Community Radio Awards ceremony organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with One World Foundation India, 3 Church run community radio stations bagged 5 out of 30 awards given under five categories for the years 2018 andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, August 27, 2019: Ten convicted in Kerala’s first honor killing case were awarded double life imprisonment and a fine of 40,000 rupees each. The Principal Sessions Court in Kottayam on August 27 announced the quantum of punishment five days after it found them guilty ofContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, August 25, 2019: The Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India’s (CCBI) newly constituted Commission for Migrants has charted ten-point pastoral plan for the care of migrants in India. In their first meeting held at Raipur, Chhattisgarh, the members have described their plan to work “toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 24, 2019: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says those trying to break the unity of India will only meet failures. Addressing the centenary celebrations of All India Catholic Union (AICU) on August 24 at St. Columbas School, New Delhi, Kejrival described India asContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru: August 23, 2019: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore has condemned the recent brutal attack on about 40 Christian pilgrims to India’s top Marian shrine, Basilica of Our Lady of Health in Tamil Nadu state, Vailankanni coastal town. The pilgrims were from Kolar Gold Fields (KGF)Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 21, 2019: The National Women’s Commission (NWC) on August 21 asked Kerala police chief Loknath Behera to arrest those targeting Sister Lucy Kalappura, who was recently expelled from her congregation. The commission wrote to Behera amid reports of attempts to slander Sister Kalappura.Continue Reading
Melbourne, August 21, 2019: Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, has failed in a legal bid to quash his convictions in Australia. Pell was jailed for six years in March this year after being found guilty of abusing two boys in aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai, August 20, 2019: Madras High Court judge Justice S Vaidyanathan on August 20 withdrew his controversial observation that co-education in Christian institutes was “highly unsafe” for the future of girl children. The judge made the observation on August 16 while refusing to quash a show-causeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, August 18, 2019: A section of lay people in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam Angamaly has asked the Syro-Malabar Synod to find a solution to the crisis in their archdiocese immediately. The Oriental Catholic Church’s synod will begin on August 19 at its headquarters in Kakkanad,Continue Reading