Juarez, Mexico : An increase in adoration chapels in Mexico are reportedly leading to a stunning decline in crime rates. The change is most significant in Ciudad Juárez, one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico, where in the space of five years — from 2010–2015 — murder rates droppedContinue Reading
Washington, D.C: “All are welcome in this place,” a crowd of people sang in Lafayette Square outside of the White House this afternoon. More that 550 people gathered to attend a Mass organized by young Catholics and celebrated by Father Quinn Conners in Washington, D.C., to express their solidarity withContinue Reading
By: Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, Odisha: Odisha gears up for the centenary celebration of Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes at Dantolingi, in the District of Ganjam. February 11, 2017 is very special for Odisha Church as it is preparing to have centenary celebration of Marian Shrine of Our LadyContinue Reading
By :Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Having completed twenty years of service among the poor and abandoned in 2016, Maher (Mother’s Love) Founded by Sr Lucy Kurien is starting an Association of interfaith communities and practitioners. “I began to think of this seeing the differences faced by the people in various religions includingContinue Reading
Fr Cedric Prakash SJ January 30, 1948 will remain etched forever in the conscience of the nation. On that fateful day at evening prayer, Mahatma Gandhi fell to the bullets of his assassin Nathuram Godse, in Delhi. Godse represented the fascist, fanatic, fundamentalist and ‘feku’ forces, which abhorred the valuesContinue Reading
By: Valson Thampu Conducting a free and fair poll is a superhuman effort. Corruption, crime and communalism are in the DNA of Indian politics. It is laudable, hence, that the Election Commission (EC) remains vigilant and proactive. The Election Commission, on its part, needs to fight this battle with exemplaryContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Intellectually challenged differently- abled children will soon don the garb of magicians in Kerala, thanks to an innovative programme drawn up by the state government. The Kerala Social Security Mission (KSSM), under the Social Justice Department of Government of Kerala, and the State Initiative on Disabilities (SID) are joiningContinue Reading
By: Mattersindia Reporter Bhopal: The Catholic Church has endorsed an Indian Supreme Court (SC) order that invalidated Church courts or ecclesiastic tribunals annulling marriage of a Catholic couple here on January 30. The president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) Cardinal Oswald Gracias said, “there is noContinue Reading
India’s lone Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra and national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Monday found a place in an eight-member Task Force of the Sports Ministry to draw up an action plan for the next three Olympic Games. Days after the end of the Rio Olympics, where India won justContinue Reading
New Jersey: A Catholic bishop in New Jersey was slightly injured during a memorial Mass for a revered Hall of Fame baseball player when a crazed man in a white robe walked up to the altar and punched him in the mouth. The attack Saturday caught the 63-year-old Most ReverendContinue Reading