By Moumita Chaudhuri Kolkata, Nov 15, 2019: Time: 6 in the morning. Place: office of the National Anti-Trafficking Committee (NATC) in south Calcutta. The NATC is a non-government organization. There are seven men sitting around a square table. They have landed hours ago from Kuala Lumpur, where they were workingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov 13, 2019: The US-based National Geographic magazine has honored Kerala’s five “rebel” nuns by featuring them in its November issue. The 131-year-old magazine has hailed the endurance of Missionaries of Jesus Sisters Alphy Pallasseril, Ancitta Urumbil, Anupama Kelamangalathuveli, Josephine Villoonnickal, and Neena Rose inContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Kettering (UK ) Nov 7,2019: Fr Wilson Kottathil, a Catholic priest belonging to the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (MSFS) congregation has passed away in the early hours of Nov 7. He was 51. Fr Wilson was serving as a Parish priest in the DioceseContinue Reading
By Christopher White Rome, October 24, 2019: Catholic bishops are not fully utilizing Church law to maximize the role of women in decision making capacities, Cardinal Oswald Gracias said on October 23. While acknowledging that women are unable to hear confession, say Mass, or administer confirmation, “she can do practicallyContinue Reading
Thimphu, Oct. 18, 2019: An Indian tourist has been detained by police in Bhutan for allegedly desecrating a holy spot in Dochula. The accused, identified as Abhijit Ratan Hajare from Maharashtra, had been travelling across the Bhutanese countryside with a 15-bike convoy. The team was led by a Bhutanese national,Continue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila, October 15, 2019: The Indian diaspora in the Philippines is all set to meet President Ram Nath Kovind in Manila this week. “We are excited to meet and interact with our president here. It is a great feeling to see one’s president,” Manpreet Singh, an IndianContinue Reading
New Delhi, Oct. 14, 2019: Indian-origin Abhijit Banerjee was among three who have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work which has “dramatically improved our ability to fight poverty in practice.” The award was announced October 14. The awardees are Banerjee’s wife one-time doctorate student EstherContinue Reading
Washington, October 12, 2019: Indian-origin tech millionaire Tushar Atre who was abducted from his home in California’s Santa Cruz earlier this week has been found dead inside his BMW car. Atre, 50 — owner of digital marketing company AtreNet Inc which caters to Silicon Valley corporate businesses —- was kidnappedContinue Reading
By John L. Allen Rome, September 24, 2019: For almost a decade under St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, then-Monsignor Felix Machado was a primary architect of the Vatican’s inter-religious outreach, including putting together a star-studded 2002 summit of religious leaders in Assisi as a follow-up to JohnContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Vypin, September 23, 2019: A documentary film Sarvodayam Kurian has won the second prize at the Warsaw Film Festival. The film, “Athirukal Illtha Oral” (Man Beyond Boundaries) is directed by Arun Sivan was shown on September 22 at the 34th International Catholic Film and Multimedia FestivalContinue Reading