By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar – The ongoing prayer campaign for the release of seven Christians of Kandhamal languishing in jail for nine years has been launched in Odia language with a series of programs in Odisha, Eastern India. “Anto Akkara, a journalist with international acclaim, is our friend whoContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Indian Vice President Venkiah Naidu on December 12 commended Christians for their service to those on the periphery and share in building a new India. “The Catholic community is peace-loving and it contributes immensely to nation building,” the vice president told a gathering that theContinue Reading
Munich: The controversy regarding Amoris laetitia has come to an end, according to German cardinal Walter Kasper. What is more, he has affirmed that the admission of remarried divorced persons to the sacraments in individual cases is, in his view, the only correct interpretation of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation. WritingContinue Reading
More than 346 Catholic institutions from 126 countries are affiliated with the CBFContinue Reading
Morarji Desai was received by black flags nearly 40 years agoContinue Reading
New Delhi: The government on Monday strictly asked TV channels not to air advertisements selling and promoting condoms because these are “indecent especially for children” and can create “unhealthy practices” among them. “It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting that some channels carryContinue Reading
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A would-be suicide attacker detonated a pipe bomb strapped to his body in the heart of Manhattan’s busiest subway corridor on Monday, sending thousands of terrified commuters fleeing the smoke-choked passageways, and bringing the heart of Midtown to a standstill as hundreds of police officers converged on Times Square andContinue Reading
Mumbai: Prayers and forgiveness will lead people to peace, and not war, guns, and bullets, said Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Catholic priest who was freed after being kept in captivity allegedly by the ISIS for 18 months in Yemen. Speaking on the sidelines of Mother Teresa Memorial Awards, of whichContinue Reading
Panaji: The pressure to keep up with the Joneses and splurge on weddings often leaves couples in debt. A few weeks ago, when a young couple with not such a large bank balance abandoned their dreams of having a wedding reception, requesting instead for a ‘simple nuptial on any convenientContinue Reading