No obligation to pay for Mass: Pope
2018-03-08
Christians may offer donations but should never feel they have to pay for a Mass, Pope Francis saidContinue Reading
Gender, religion double Christian women’s persecution
2018-03-08
For the first time ever, the persecution of women as it differs to that of men has been examined by the analysts of the 2018 World Watch List. The list, compiled by Open Doors International, researches over 50 countries where it is most difficult for Christians to live. The resultingContinue Reading
U.S. scholar offers ‘pathways’ for college leaving class
2018-03-08
By Matters India reporter Darjeeling — Final year students of a hill’s college had a Fulbright scholar from U.S.A give ‘pathways’ — a life orientation proramme through performing arts. Prof Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, a performance studies scholar and artist, directed six groups of third year students at Salesian College Sonada inContinue Reading
Bengal women pledge to be messengers of peace, mitigate migration
2018-03-08
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: Women from many villages in West Bengal resolved to be messengers of peace and reduce distress migration. ‘Now is Time: Press for Progress’ was the theme the women decided to have for this year as they marked the International Women’s Day on March 8. “ThereContinue Reading
Indian sisters tell Church to stress gender equality
2018-03-08
Both spoke how the Church needs to be relevant especially by listening to women creating space gender equalityContinue Reading
Indian priest elected to international labor body
2018-03-08
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Father Jaison Joseph Vadassery from India has been elected as an Asian member of the governing council of an international Catholic organization that serves and protects uprooted people. Father Vadassery, secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India Office for Labor, was elected during theContinue Reading
Renowned Christian Hindi savant finds new home
2018-03-08
Father Bulcke’s mortal remains will be shifted to Ranchi from DelhiContinue Reading
Sister Abhaya murder: Court acquits priest
2018-03-08
Thiruvananthapuram: A CBI court in Thiruvananthapuram on March 7 acquitted Catholic priest Father Jose Poothrukayil in the murder of Sister Abhaya while ordering a nun and another priest to face trial in the 26-year-old case. Sister Abhaya, a plus-two student, was found dead in a well on the premises ofContinue Reading
Dalit vs Brahmin, Hindu vs Muslim: The failed anti-Modi narrative
2018-03-07
By Sriram Ramakrishnan Rohit Vemula, Akhlaq Khan, Junaid Khan, Una…..What is common to all these names? All (except Una) were individuals and victims of unspeakable, horrible tragedies. Two were were victims of mob lynching and Una witnessed the brutal flogging of four Dalit youth by alleged self-styled gau rakshaks’ inContinue Reading
Treat women as equal citizens: Activist nun
2018-03-07
By Santosh Digal Sister Cynthia Mathew, a member of the Congregation of Jesus, is working as NGO representative at United Nations, New York, since November 2017. Earlier, she practiced as a lawyer in the High Court of Patna and District Court of Buxar in Bihar state. She also directed anContinue Reading