Dubai, Dec. 26, 2018: While many would search online for wallpapers and images of Jesus Christ on special occasions like Christmas, this Indian expat has one of the largest collections of Christ’s images on the wall of his Dubai accommodation. Lorence Maman Neriamparampil, 45, proudly owns a collection of overContinue Reading
Madurai, Dec. 26, 2018: Some members of the Madurai-Ramnad Church of South India diocese have asked bishops to discharge only religious duties and not involve in asset management. “Bishops, who receive salaries, must only discharge religious duties,” C. Joel Sam Asir, a member of the diocese told a press conferenceContinue Reading
Viriginia, Dec. 26, 2018: The Ahmedabad-based Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan has bought a 30-year-old church in Portsmouth of Virginia, United States, and plans to convert it into a Swaminarayan temple. According to reports, the Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan has already converted eight churches across the world into Hindu temples. Five of themContinue Reading
Father Cedric Prakash of the Jesuit Gujarat Province has just returned from the Middle East after a three-year stint with the Jesuit Refugee Service there. Fr Cedric is an internationally acclaimed human rights and peace activist and recipient of several awards including the ‘Legion of Honour’ from the President ofContinue Reading
By Cithara Paul Kochi, Dec. 26, 2018: When he became pontiff in 2013, Pope Francis chose not to move to the Apostolic Palace, the official papal residence; he remained in a humble guest house where he had been staying earlier. He has his meals at the guest house, which isContinue Reading
Mumbai, Dec 25, 2018: Beer bottles were smashed on the heads of churchgoers who formed a ring around the rest of the congregation: to protect them from an armed group that had b: arged into a church in Maharashtra two days before Christmas, some of the victims and the pastorContinue Reading
CIZHONG, China, Dec. 25, 2018: Ruanna, a 77-year-old Tibetan woman living in a remote Chinese village overlooking the Mekong river, says her Catholic faith has never been in doubt. “Since birth, I have attended church and read holy scriptures in Tibetan,” Ruanna said in her home of Cizhong, where ChristmasContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Darjeeling, Dec 25, 2018: A group of four BA Mass Communication students from Assam Don Bosco University Guwahati undergoing month long campus radio internship at Radio Salesian 90.8 FM are hosting one-hour live radio program from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday since 21st DecemberContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Dec. 25, 2018: Thousands of visitors of all religious beliefs visiting the historic Bandel Church in Hooghly district this year would get to see for the first time a human-size crib set with the theme of Annunciation and Nativity – “Divine Birth of Lord Jesus Christ”.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Dec. 24, 2018: A month after his election as president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) Myanmar Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon released a five-point Christmas message. The cardinal, who elected the head of the Catholic Church in Asia on November 20, willContinue Reading