By Matters India Reporter New York, September 28, 2019: Hereditary and structural oppression must be eliminated from every society, said Suraj Yengde, an award-winning scholar and activist from India. “The hegemonic system the people who remained at the bottom have remained at the bottom and any effort to fight againstContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Sept 27, 2019: Sister Martha Mondal is the founder of the Helpers of Jesus Sisters in Mumbai. She spoke to AsiaNews about her experience ahead of October’s Extraordinary Missionary Month. In 1999 she founded the Sneha Sagar (Ocean of Love) Society in East India, a suburbContinue Reading
Guwahati, September 28, 2019: Even in the topsy turvy world of Indian religion, Motibar Rahman stands out as a Muslim looking after a Hindu shrine, as his family has done for centuries – on the orders of Lord Shiva himself. Like his forefathers, Rahman sweeps the Burha Gosair Than shrineContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, September 28, 2019: Students of St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology, Patna have expressed solidarity with the Global Climate Strike. They were among millions of students of colleges and schools who on September 27 took to streets at more than 4,500 demonstrations in atContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi New Delhi, September 27, 2019: Around 220 Jesuit rights activist and their collaborators from South Asia have spent two days to review their past 50 years of commitment in social justice and seek new ways to become relevant to the marginalized. The Jesuits in Social Action (JESA)Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, September 27, 2019: The High Court of Jharkhand state on September 27 released on bail Missionaries of Charity Sister Concilia, who arrested and remanded in custody on suspicion of child trafficking. “We thank the Lord for his goodness to us, appreciate and are grateful toContinue Reading
By Justice Markandey Katju Something has happened in India which reminds me of what happened in Germany during the Nazi era. After Hitler took power in January 1933 almost the whole of Germany went mad, people shouting ‘Heil Hitler‘, ‘ Sieg Heil ‘, ‘Juden Verecke‘, and adoring that madman likeContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, September 26, 2019: As many as 56 Jesuits have lost their lives since their congregation made a commitment to promote a “faith that does justice” and foster reconciliation in society 50 years ago, says an official of the Society of Jesus. “If we want toContinue Reading
New Delhi, September 26, 2019: The head of the Jesuits in South Asia has called for a new South Asian Association of Regional Corporation that encourages greater economic exchanges and more sociopolitical harmony. South Asia like rest of the world currently witnesses “an upsurge of the right-wing, with a lethalContinue Reading
Kochi, Sept. 26, 2019: A row which threatened to escalate into a major clash on Sept. 26 was averted after better sense prevailed among the bishops present at St Mary’s Syrian Jacobite Church, Piravom, near here, who decided to abide by the directions of the Supreme Court. Trouble had beenContinue Reading