By Jose Kavi Kannur, July 4, 2025: The Catholic Church in Kerala, southern India, on July 4 witnessed a priest dying of suspected suicide, the second such case in less than two months. Father Antony Ullatthil was found hanging in a house that his congregation, the Missionary Congregation of theContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Calicut, March 10, 2025: Hundreds of people on March 10 attended the Eucharistic Miracles Expo at a church in Kerala’s Kozhikode town, organized by a six-year-old movement to revive the devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. “The main cause of the decline in faith is the diminishing devotionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Adilabad, April 17, 2024: Paramilitary personnel have been deployed at a Catholic school in the southern Indian state of Telangana after right wing Hindu activists vandalized it and assaulted a priest. The attackers on April 16 accused the school management of hurting religious sentiments by questioningContinue Reading
Kiliyanthra, Feb 9, 2022: A Catholic nun from India died in a car accident in Connecticut in the United States of America. Sister Anila Puthenthara died at 11 pm February 6 (9:30 am Indian time on February 7) while going for duty in St Joseph’s Livil Nursing Home. She wasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters New Delhi: The Vatican Congregation for the Oriental Churches has appointed an apostolic visitor for the Kerala-based Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (MCBS). An October 13 letter from the Apostolic Nunciature in Delhi to MCBS superior general Father Joseph Maleparampil said Rome has appointed CarmelitesContinue Reading
The young priest lost his left leg and left lung to cancerContinue Reading
