New Delhi: The government, on Wednesday, said that it has cancelled the FCRA licence of close to 20,000 of the 33,000 NGOs operating in the country after they were found to be flouting certain norms laid out in the Foreign Contributions Registrations Act, 2010. The FCRA or Foreign Contribution (Regulation)Continue Reading
Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ Amman, Jordan: Jordan has always been regarded as part of the Holy Land. There are several holy sites here associated with Christianity; these include, the place on the River Jordan(Al-Maghtas) where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist; the fortified hilltop(Machaerus) overlooking the Dead Sea, whereContinue Reading
Shane J. Alliew “Heav’n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn’d, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn’d,” William Congreve, The Mourning Bride (Act III Scene 2). Sometimes I am tempted to compare popular Bollywood so-called feminist based cinema to films like The Dressmaker; yet I refrain fromContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Thrissur: Federal Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has described culture of harmony, unity and tolerance as India’s DNA. Naqvi said this on December 27 while opening the grand Christmas celebration at Thrissur in Kerala, southern India. ‘Buon Natale’ (‘Merry Christmas), is aContinue Reading
Pune: The deputy director of education has sent a recommendation to the director of primary education requesting cancellation of the recognition given to Bishop’s School on Wednesday. Principal of Bishop’s School Frank Freese denied any knowledge of the proposal. On Tuesday, the Zilla Parishad sent a letter to the deputyContinue Reading
Pope Francis is trying to heal a decades-old rift with China where Catholics are divided between those loyal to him and those who are members of a government-controlled official church.Continue Reading
Bangkok: An American group of cloistered nuns has opened a new monastery to bring their contemplative spirituality to the northeast of Thailand. “Our contribution to the world’s need is prayer,” Sister Joan Claver O.Ss.R, prioress and founder of the new monastery in Thailand, told Catholic News Agency. Sr. Joan hasContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter New Delhi: Caritas India plans to intensify its campaign on cancer during the Lenten season. The social service wing of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) uses the Lenten time to campaign on social issues and advocate changes. Father Frederick D’Souza, executive director of CaritasContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Thrissur, Kerala: More than 100,000 people of different creeds participated at the Buon Natale (meaning merry Christmas) parade with message of harmony at Thrissur on Dec 27. The Thrissur Archdiocese in association with Thrissur Pauravali organized the event in connection with Christmas and New Year. Mukhtar AbbasContinue Reading
By Sunny Jacob, SJ New Delhi: Father George Pattery heads more than 4,000 Jesuits, who work in South Asia, the largest segment in the Society of Jesus. He was among 46 Jesuit delegates from the region who attended the congregation’s 36th General Congregation (GC) that elected their superior general. InContinue Reading