Chennai: The Kanchipuram district administration has decided to close down St. Joseph’s Hospice – a home for old destitutes – and shift the inmates to other homes, said an official. The hospice whose licence was not renewed for sometime by the district administration is under investigation, the official said. TheContinue Reading
Shillong: The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of India has reminded voters of the state as well as Nagaland not to fall prey to clandestine and covert monetary distributions and that people should not be intimidated or coerced into voting for any particular candidate or political party. In aContinue Reading
Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ* A few days ago a twenty-seven year old poor Adivasi youth was lynched by a mob in the Palakkad District of Kerala for apparently robbing some Rs 200/- worth of foodstuffs; sadistically some others were busy taking selfies at the site, even as the youth wasContinue Reading
The body of Meghalaya’s most wanted militant and Commander-in-Chief of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Sohan D Shira, who was killed by elite Special Force (SF) – 10 Commandos of Meghalaya police in on Saturday afternoon, reached his residence on Sunday at Nengmandal village near Williamnagar town under East GaroContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Sonada — In a first time effort, a local NGO and a hills college, teamed up to experiment on an eight-day socio-ecologocal outreach programme for students, 19 to 26 February 2018. They cleaned up some 150 meters of the source of 8th Mile mountain river which suppliesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Lahore: The participants of the national consultation on ‘Women Doing Theology’ held in Lahore, Pakistan affirmed that “equal opportunities for men and women to participate in mission and witness are occasions to rejoice and celebrate the gift of togetherness and the life in its fullness.” TheContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Vienna — As part of the fifth anniversary of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Cetre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) is organizing a second high-level meeting of High-level Religious Leaders Joint Platform, 26-27 February 2018 in Hilton Stadtpark, Vienna. Some 600 delegates from international organizations andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) and its two other partners to hold an International Conference on “Best Practices in Health Care Management” March 8 – 9. The conference aims to highlight innovations in Healthcare Delivery System in India and several foreign countries includingContinue Reading
They were listening to music with earphones while crossing the railway trackContinue Reading
The Colosseum, Rome’s most famous landmark, was on Saturday lit up in red to mark solidarity with people persecuted in foreign countries, particularly Pakistan, for their faith. The event at 6 p.m. on February 24 was the initiative of Aid to the Church in Need, the Pontifical Foundation that supportsContinue Reading