By Anju Agnihotri Chaba Jalandhar, April 8, 2019: A series of events that began unfolding in the night of March 29 has put a spotlight on the private businesses being run by some priests of the Jalandhar Catholic diocese. That night, a team of Khanna police claimed to have recoveredContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, April 3, 2019: April 1 is a fun day. With the advent of electronic communication I can now fool people across the world. I get fiendish delight in fooling the “powerful”, and have often incurred their wrath. This April Fool’s Day would have been no different, untilContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil The New Indian Express on March 30 reported that the Punjab Police claimed to have recovered 96.6 million rupees of hawala money from six persons, including a priest belonging to Jalandhar diocese. It is a huge amount of cash. Those who were caught by the police andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, April 1, 2019: Jalandhar diocese’s Pope-appointed administrator on April 1 clarified that an institution raided by police recently does not belong to the diocese, although managed by its priests. The Enforcement Directorate on March 29 raided “Sahodaya” (rising together) and allegedly recovered huge amount ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, March 29, 2019: Officers of the Enforcement Directorate on March 29 arrested a prominent priest of Jalandhar diocese and three others for keeping unaccounted money, an Indian news agency tweeted. Asian News International (ANI) identified the priest as Father Antony Madassery, director of Navjeevan (newContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 26, 2018: The apostolic administrator of Jalandhar diocese on October 26 refuted “tendentious” press statements by “some individuals” on the recent death of Father Kuriakose Kattuthara, one of its priests. “In order to preclude any suspicions with regard to the cause his death,Continue Reading
Some local Catholics foresee troubles in the dioceseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, October 15: The Jalandhar diocese on October 14 joined a prayer program a lay group organized in support of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is now in a jail awaiting trial for allegedly raping a nun. Bishop Mulakkal headed the northern Indian diocese until Rome appointedContinue Reading
By Father Nithiya Sagayam The problem is not just having a local bishop in Punjab but to ensure empowerment of Punjabi Catholics in social, economic and structural levels. The empowerment could come through education, vocation promotion, higher studies, and employment. Let us speak of the Punjabi Catholics and their empowermentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar: Native Catholics of the northern Indian state of Punjab have demanded a Dalit as their next bishop. “We demand a spiritual, well educated, cooperative and energetic Dalit bishop installed in Jalandhar diocese,” Roshan Joseph, the spokesperson of the Catholics of Punjab, told Matters India onContinue Reading