Rancio di Lecco, Dec 26, 2019: Father Giancarlo Polit, an Italian missionary who was forced to leave India due to visa problems and go to Hong Kong to build stable links in the Chinese Church, died on December 22 in Italy. He was 77. The member of the Pontifical InstituteContinue Reading
Guwahati, Dec.26, 2019: Prayers for peace and understanding marked Christmas this year in the midst of subdued celebrations in light of the prevailing situation in the country and state. A Christmas message from the Assam Christian Forum said it all: “We humbly pray that peace returns to our land, andContinue Reading
By Navin Noronha Mumbai, Dec. 26, 2019: Christmas tends to be a difficult time for the queer folk. The festival that celebrates family and togetherness isn’t exactly forgiving to those who have been abandoned by their kin or have had to walk out. This festival used to be my jam.Continue Reading
Paris, December 26, 2019: The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there’s a “50% chance” the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year’s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument. Monsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration workContinue Reading
Kolkata, Dec. 26, 2019: Christians in Kolkata on December 26 took out a silent rally to protest against the new citizenship law. The rallyists carried placards with slogans like ‘Don’t be silent, don’t be violent’, ‘We are all citizens’, ‘No NRC no CAA’ and walked a distance of 2 kmContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Guwahati, December 22, 2019: The Assamese society moaned her new martyrs on December 22nd in Guwahati walking in silent procession. Five protesters have been killed in the state so far as they were expressing their dissent with the Citizens’ Amendment Act. One of them was a 16Continue Reading
Guwahati, Dec. 26, 2019: A fifth-grade student in Assam has written an open letter to the UN Secretary-General over the violence that has gripped his state following protests against the newly amended citizenship law. The student’s emotional letter, written amid violence and curfew, urges the United Nations to intervene andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata,Dec 26, 2019: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended the Christmas night services on December 24 at the Cathedral Church in Kolkata. On her first visit to the cathedral for Christmas, Banerjee inaugurated the crib – traditional nativity scene of Jesus birth. Banerjee has servedContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 26, 2019: Pope Francis ushered in Christmas on December 25 for the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics with a message of unconditional love, saying “God continues to love us all, even the worst of us”. “You may have mistaken ideas, you may have made a complete mess ofContinue Reading
Mumbai, Dec 26, 2019: There is no harm in backtracking if the government thinks it has erred in amending citizenship laws, says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India. “Religion should never be made a dividing factor,” asserted the cardinal when asked about the political turmoil inContinue Reading