By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, Jan. 28, 2019: A nation consultation, “We too are Church,” is being organized as a response to the various challenges and crises facing the Church in India. The initiative by Catholic lay people is an attempt to implement “the far reaching teachings” of the SecondContinue Reading
By Ria Das Beerwah, Jan 28, 2019: Inshah Bashir, who hails from Budgam district’s area in Kashmir, recalls herself as a sober and patient child. Now 24, Inshah fell from a height of 40 feet in her own under-construction house in 2008 and lost the ability to walk. However, sheContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Kolkata, Jan. 27, 2019: India will host for a second time the international Day of the Sick from February 9 to 11. This time, it is the City of Joy – Kolkata will host the gathering. The first time World Sick Day was celebrated in India wasContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Jan. 27, 2019: Christian leaders of the southern Indian state of Karnataka are exploring the feasibility of fielding members from the community for the forthcoming general elections. Christian Community Coalition, Karnataka, under the aegis of International Federation of Karnataka Christian Associations, met on January 26Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panama City, Jan. 27, 2019: Pope Francis says he is still keen to visit India, a country he keeps in his heart and for which he deeply cares. This was the answer the Pope gave to a question asked by an Indian youth delegate on JanuaryContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Yangon, Jan. 27, 2019: Cardinal Charles Bo, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences on January 27 condemned two blasts that killed at least 20 people in a Philippines cathedral earlier in the day. “I strongly condemn this dastardly act in which brothers killed brothersContinue Reading
Manila: Jan 27, 2019: At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded on January 27 in two bomb blasts at a Catholic cathedral in Jolo, an island in southern Philippines. Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic militant group, and other armed fighters are active in the island. Police said at leastContinue Reading
Lahore, Jan 26: A delegation of young Pakistani Catholics was prevented by government officials from flying out of the country to join the Jan. 22-27 World Youth Day in Panama. Young Pakistani Catholics who were about to fly out to join the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day (WYD) in PanamaContinue Reading
PANAMA CITY, Jan 26: Thousands of World Youth Day pilgrims stopped by the Jama Mosque Jan. 24 en route to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis. “Brothers, sisters, you need water,” Hashim Bhana yelled at them from under a tent that announced a “hydration center” outside the mosque, a placeContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Jan 25, 2019: The press release of the Syro-Malabar Media Commission on January 23 appears to be very childish and untrue. The commission was responding to the views expressed by Carmelite Father Jacob Peenikaparambil in his write up, “Who are the enemies of the Church?” publishedContinue Reading