By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 31, 2020: A Muslim center, blamed for adding to the spread of coronavirus in the country, says the criticism is misplaced as it has followed all government instructions to contain the pandemic. Several groups, including some Muslim organizations, have condemned the Tablighi JamaatContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Krishnagar, March 30, 2020 – A nun who could be the first religious sister to complete doctoral degree from prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi is no more. Sr. Julia Narayan Majaw, the elder sister of former state finance minister of Meghalaya, late Martin Narayan Majaw,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Villupuram, March 29, 2020: The Capuchin retreat team in southern India has come up with a package of three retreats given online through social media like WhatsApp and along with Email from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. The Corona-19 has locked down the whole country, includingContinue Reading
Vatican City, March 28, 2020: Given below is the full text of Pope Francis’ address during the extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing he delivered on March 27 while praying for an end of the coronavirus. “When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins likeContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, March 25, 2020: Christians in a remote corner of the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on March 25 responded to Pope Francis’ universal prayer appeal. In the wake of the pandemic coronavirus outbreak, the Pope had appealed Catholics over the world to pray the ‘OurContinue Reading
Maryland, USA: A Catholic priest in Maryland is going above and beyond to make sure his parishioners have access to most sacraments amid the coronavirus. The Governor of Maryland put into place a list of rules businesses and Maryland citizens must abide by to stop the spread of coronavirus andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, March 13, 2020: Father Thomas Chathamparampil, former vice-chancellor of Christ University in Bengaluru, was on March 13 elected the prior general of the Carmelite of Mary Immaculate (CMI), a Kerala-based congregation. He succeeds Father Paul Achandy, the current prior general. Father Chathamparampil, who will holdContinue Reading
By John Paul Mumbai, March 4, 2020: A two-day communication and media workshop on the theme “Awakening: A Missionary Responsibility” was organized by the Society of Divine Word (SVD) Mumbai province on March 3-4 at Atma Darshan, Andheri, Mumbai. As many as 30 SVD priests and two Holy Spirit sistersContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, Feb 26, 2020: Around 3,000 Catholics who on February 26 gathered in a church in Odisha state’s “silk city” for Ash Wednesday services prayed for coronavirus victims all over the world, especially those in China. ”We are specially praying for the victims of coronavirus of ChinaContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Feb 26, 2020: As India prepares to welcome its newest saint, a controversy over his name and its relationship with the Hindu caste system has come to the fore. A Vatican decree on announced a miracle had been approved for Blessed Devasahayam, clearing the way forContinue Reading