By: Matters India Reporter Kollam, July 8: A 68-year-old Salesian priest died in a road accident in the early hours of July 7. According to reports, Father Thomas Augustine was on his way to hospital for a check-up, when he was hit by an auto rickshaw near St. Stephen’s Church,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 4, 2019: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, has called for peace and composure among priests and faithful as the rift between him and a section of priests in Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese widened. “All members of the Church are united with the powerContinue Reading
Mumbai, July 2, 2019: At least 16 people were killed as heavy rain pounded Mumbai and its surrounding areas overnight, flooding the airport and paralysing local trains, the lifeline of India’s commercial capital. The city received the heaviest rain over a 24-hour period in a decade. The weather office hasContinue Reading
Vatican , July 1: Pope Francis has formally approved the canonization of Indian Blessed Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family and decreed that the canonization will take place in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Oct. 13. The Holy Father made theContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 30, 2019: A Catholic family in Jharkhand is awaiting justice for a tribal man, who was lynched by cow vigilantes in the eastern Indian state nearly two years ago, a lay leader says. The death of Ramesh Minj “did not enter the discourse of persecution of Christians,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporer Kochi, June 29, 2019: Crisis seems to have deepened in Kerala’s Syro-Malabar Catholic Church with about 200 priests of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese protesting the Vatican’s decision to reinstate Cardinal George Alencherry as their archbishop with all administrative powers. Launching a scathing attack on the cardinal, theContinue Reading
Kochi, June 28, 2019: Dramatic scenes prevailed at the Bishop’s House at Broadway on June 27 after Cardinal George Alencherry broke the news of his reappointment as the administrative head of the Church to his auxiliary bishops. Sources said that the major archbishop who had moved to the headquarters ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jagadalpur, June 27, 2019: A Catholic nun died and five others, including a bishop, were injured in a road accident June 27 evening in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Sister Jaise, a member of the Deena Bandhu Samaj, an indigenous congregation, died on the wayContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, June 24, 2019: Cardinal Oswald Gracias and two auxiliary bishops of Bombay archdiocese are facing charges of inaction over a child abuse case complaint against a priest. The cardinal and Bishops Dominic Savio Fernandes and John Rodrigues recently approached the Bombay High Court to getContinue Reading
Barmer, June 23, 2019: At least 14 people were killed and around 50 others injured when a tent in Rajasthan’s Barmer collapsed following heavy rain and thunderstorm. Those injured have been taken to hospital where the condition of several of them remains critical. The incident took place at a schoolContinue Reading