Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Regional Latin Catholic Council (KRLCC) president Archbishop M SoosaPakiam has urged the state government to drop the proposal to construct a runway at sea parallel to Sanghumukham beach near Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. Referring to reports which said the government was actively considering a proposal by the Capital Region DevelopmentContinue Reading
Purgatory is a place where souls go to atone for their sins before being admitted into heaven. Assam’s Detention Camps are the dark, dank and dreary modern day purgatory like limbo lands, where those who are Declared Foreigner (DF) by Foreigners’ Tribunals (FT) are condemned to spend their time tillContinue Reading
Panaji, Nov. 15, 2018: The Goa government’s Heritage Policy will make local bodies like panchayats and municipal councils the guardians of architectural monuments in their jurisdiction, a senior official said Nov.15. The Heritage Policy is currently being drafted by a sub-committee under the state Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department’sContinue Reading
Kiev, Nov 15: A landmark Kiev church was attacked on Thursday with Molotov cocktails, an official said, as tensions flare over a split between the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox Churches. Last month, Kiev voted to hand over Saint Andrew’s Church to the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate, which earlier agreed to recogniseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, Nov. 15, 2018: A hill college in Darjeeling has started the translation of short stories written by Indra Bahadur Rai, father of Indian Nepali language who died in March. The 3-day translation workshop is christened “Indra Bahadur Rai and Translation: Taking Indra Bahadur Rai BeyondContinue Reading
Dubai, Nov. 15, 2018: On the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance, a church in Dubai is all set to celebrate its 50 years of congregation in the UAE. The Mar Thoma Church in Jebel Ali, founded in 1969, is kick-starting a year-long golden jubilee celebration of the congregationContinue Reading
Ranchi, Nov. 15, 2018: At least three Christian families have converted back to a tribal religion in Jharkhand state, eastern India, after Hindu extremists destroyed their homes and threatened to take over their land and resources. Morning Star News reported that five families in Lisiya village, West Singhbhum district, returnedContinue Reading
By Leon Bent Mumbai, Nov. 15, 2018: The Catholic Church will celebrate the Christ the King feat on November 25 this year. Pope Pius XI started the feast in 1925. It is also called the ‘Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ,’ ‘King of the Universe Festival.’ It honors Jesus ChristContinue Reading
By Alphonsa Kumari Kolkata, Nov. 14, 2018: At least 65 starvation deaths were reported in the past three years in India, which has become the world’s sixth biggest economy, pushing France to the seventh place. The World Bank reports that the Indian economy showed a growth of 8.2 percent inContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov. 14, 2018: The number of Indian students studying in the US increased by 5 per cent since last year, coming second only to the Chinese students, a US Embassy official said on Tuesday. The growth, however, declined from last year’s 12 per cent, indicating, to an extent,Continue Reading