By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has expressed its grief over the Uttarakhand glacier calamity and offered its condolences to the family members of those who have died or are missing in the incident. The death toll from the disaster rose to 28Continue Reading
New Delhi: A three-hour nationwide road blockade called by farm unions on February 6 went off smoothly. However, police detained about 60 people at a solidarity protest site within Delhi. Some far unions reported detentions in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka states during the “Chakka jam.” With fears ofContinue Reading
Kottayam: Father Joseph Constantine Manalel, founder president of the Indian Theological Association who introduced theology to lay people, died February 5 at Malloosery in the Kottayam district of Kerala. He was 105 and a priest for 75 years. His funeral is scheduled at 2:30 pm on February 6 at theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A national association of Catholic theologians in India has expressed solidarity with farmers protesting against three new farm laws on the borders of the national capital for the past 70 days. “We the members of Indian Theological Association firmly support the cause of theContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar, has sent a message to his countrymen and international community to press the military junta to restore democracy and release the leaders arrested in the wake of a coup. The message was issued February 3, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A national body of Catholic and Protestant women leaders has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to heed the protesting farmers’ demand and repeal the three recently enacted farm laws. “Our farmers have never failed our nation through the last 71 years. Please doContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) on February 2 extended support to the youth groups of India and Australia that try to draw global attention to the struggles of oppressed communities against exploitative multinational corporate conglomerates. The youth organized Global Week of ActionContinue Reading
By Lima Varghese Indore: The first global and the seventh online National Peace Convention ended on February 1 in the central Indian city of Indore with the adoption of the Peace Declaration 2021. Under the declaration, Rotarians have promised to set up Peace Chair in colleges and schools, visit educationalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The All India Catholic Union (AICU) has reaffirmed solidarity with the country’s farmers and workers. The 101-year-old Asia’s biggest laity movement has many farmers and workers as members. “We therefore are naturally in solidarity with people of all faiths who are farmers, fishermen andContinue Reading
By Lisa Zengarini London: Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has joined calls for the government of India to release Father Stan Swamy. The 83-year-old Indian Jesuit priest and social activist has been imprisoned since October 9, 2020, on unfounded charges of sedition andContinue Reading