By Matters India Reporter Bali: The 2018 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) will be held at Bali Nusa Dua, Indonesia. October 12-14. The annual meetings bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, civil society, media, and academicsContinue Reading
Indian Catholic Heritage Day is an annual tradition at St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church on Welsh Road in Northeast Philadelphia. It is a celebration for all Catholics from India, whether they are Syro-Malabar, Syro-Malankara, Knanaya or Roman Catholic, and it traces back to the foundation of the Indian American CatholicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The patronage given to communal forces by the federal government threatens peace in India, says a senior journalist. “Peace is in danger in India from communal and casteist forces. The government too has contributed to it by adopting a confrontationist stand with Maoists andContinue Reading
Franco Mulakkal has become the first Indian Catholic bishop to be arrested in a case of sexual abuse Continue Reading
More than 30 Indian passengers, some bleeding from their noses and ears, have received treatment after pilots “forgot” to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure, officials said. Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur turned back shortly after take off. Videos tweeted by passengers aboard the planeContinue Reading
Kochi: Bishop Franco Mulakkal was grilled for more than eight hours on September 20 by Kerala police over allegations of rape and unnatural sex leveled by a nun. He will be questioned for the third straight day on September 21 . “We had decided to complete the interrogation today. ButContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Madurai: The Conference of Catholic Psychologists of India will explore the role of psychology in the contemporary technological world at its annual meeting starting on September 21. The three-day meet at Pillar Institute of Lay Leadership, Animation and Research, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, is expected to draw mostContinue Reading
The October 3 to 28 synod will discuss “young people, faith and vocational discernment”Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Pope Francis on September 20 appointed Retired Auxiliary Bishop Agnelo Rufino Gracias of Bombay as the temporary administrator of Jalandhar diocese in the absence of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is now in Kerala facing a sexual abuse case. “Our prayers accompany Bishop Gracias as heContinue Reading
The first day interrogation lasted for seven hoursContinue Reading