Aizawl, Nov. 27, 2018: With colorful, well-coordinated rallies and music, Mizoram witnessed the most lively elections in its history. Young singers were recruited to an election campaign program of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, mainly in Aizawl. They sang popular local numbers and Western songs even as the flags ofContinue Reading
Vatican City, Nov 27, 2018: The Catholic Bishops of the Central African Republic have launched an appeal to observe December 2 as a “Day of Lamentation and Prayer” in memory of the many victims of violence in the nation. 1 December: Day of Mourning In a communiqué the Bishops’ ConferenceContinue Reading
Vatican City, Nov. 27, 2018: Filomena Lamberti was lying at home asleep when her now ex-husband threw acid over her face disfiguring her for life. It was the vicious culmination of what had been a troubled marriage to her husband known as “GV” for more than there decades. This hadContinue Reading
Kottayam, Nov 27: Sister Regina, the Superior General of the Missionaries of Jesus congregation, has given a written statement to the police that the religious group is not in a financial position to ensure security installations at the St Francis Mission Convent at Kuravilangadu , as demanded by the latter. TheContinue Reading
Kozhikode, Nov 27: The police have booked a parish priest under the Thamarassery diocese in North Kerala on the charges of cheating a parishioner with a fake diamond purchase deal. Joseph Pamplani, the accused priest, was charged under section 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating andContinue Reading
Panaji, Nov 26, 2018: The iconic casket that has housed the relics of St Francis Xavier, a Jesuit and patron saint of Goa, at a church for over 300 years, will undergo major restoration work, a priest said Nov.23. The casket, comprising silver, wood and cloth, was originally made byContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov. 26, 2018: Caritas India chairperson Bishop Lumen Monteiro of Agartala has opened the rehabilitation phase of the Church agency’s aid programs among the flood-hit dioceses of Kerala. Bishop Monteiro on November 19-22 met with bishops, social work directors and several families in Verapoly archdioceseContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, November 26, 2018: Today in the era of back to back tech revolutions, the concept of smart agriculture has come into the forefront which promises among other things to wipe out hunger especially in the Asia-Pacific region. According to Transparency Market Research (TMR), the globalContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Nov. 26, 2018: The show-cause notice served to Father Augustine Vattoly by the Administrator of Ernakulum-Angamaly Archdiocese is a blunder that exposes intellectual, professional and above all spiritual bankruptcy. The allegations against the activist priest expose the worldly ways religious leadership acts when challenged. It isContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, November 26, 2018: Raipur archdiocese held Family Year Convention, in Raipur climaxing the Family Year being celebrated in Chhattisgarh region this year. Nearly 1400 people from most of the archdiocese’s 76 parishes participated in the Nov 23-24 program. “Coming together from all the parishes ofContinue Reading