New Delhi, Nov. 8, 2018: The numbers say it all. Latest data reveals that other than having the highest percentage of women pilots, India also has double the percentage of women pilots than the global average. According to data gathered by International Society of Women Airline Pilots (ISA+21), the numberContinue Reading
Vatican City, Nov. 8, 2018: As the Christmas season draws near, the Vatican postal service prepared a unique set of commemorative stamps designed by a talented, yet unlikely, artist: a prisoner serving a life sentence. The Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office announced Oct. 30 that its 2018 Christmas stamps willContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Toronto, Nov. 8, 2018: There is a greater need to make the world more sustainable, peaceful and loving, says an Indian participant of the seventh Parliament of the World’s Religions in Toronto, Canada. “The Parliament of World’s Religions ended after an amazing experience of spiritual powerContinue Reading
By Ed Condon Miao, India, Nov 7, 2018: Many bishops spend their days carefully making plans to lead and manage the dioceses entrusted to them. Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao is different. He says that in his diocese, the planning is done by God. His job, he says, is toContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov. 7, 2018: A Catholic nun working among migrant workers agrees with a voluntary group’s finding that at least 10 Indians die every day in the Persian Gulf countries. “I am not surprised. The number could be more,” Sister Josephine Amala Valarmathi told Matters IndiaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Nov. 7, 2018: A court in Kerala has agreed to consider the murder of a Dalit Christian youth as an incident of honor killing, the first such case in the southern Indian state. Pronouncing its order on a petition moved by Special Prosecutor C SContinue Reading
Al-Jubail, Nov. 7, 2018: The Indian Social Forum Eastern Province has rescued a young man from Mangalore forced to work as a farm assistant in a desert in Saudi Arabia. The forum also helped him fly back to India on November 3. The youth identified only as Nagaraj from MoodibidereContinue Reading
Vatican City, Nov. 7, 2018: Pope Francis on November 7 decried the existence of poverty in the world and said it did not stem from a lack of resources but rather from an economic culture lacking in equity and human solidarity. The head of the Catholic church made his remarksContinue Reading
By Deepkamal Kaur Jalandhar, Nov. 7: Among the various controversies dogging Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar is the formation of a new congregation by him — Franciscan Missionaries of Jesus (FMJ). Many priests in the northern Indian diocese have voiced concern over the congregation’s structure and speed of growth, besidesContinue Reading
By Johny Nedungatt Kolkata, Nov. 7, 2018: The Archdiocese of Calcutta has published a book containing the catechetical insights of Pope Francis on Mass. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta released the book on November 6 at the joint meeting of the bishops, priests and religious of West Bengal at SevaContinue Reading