By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, 14 June 2023: Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati, apostle of peace in northeastern India, has gone to Manipur twice where ethnic violence has raged since May 3. “It is not easy to describe what I am doing. I have visited Manipur already twice, spendingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mon, Jan 14, 22: A huge crowd gathered in the bitter cold in Mon, Nagaland, to pay their respects to the 14 civilians killed by the armed forces a month earlier. The speakers at the gathering on January 6 and 7 repeatedly affirmed the need forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, Oct. 23, 2021: A group of academicians and social activists came together under the leadership of archbishop emeritus of Guwahati to promote peace at a time when the whole of Brahmaputra Valley is “in search of peace.” The occasion was the release of an AssameseContinue Reading
By Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil Guwahati: When disasters take us by surprise, it is not the right time to find fault with one another. But if in the meantime those in command of the situation have gone blind and deaf, we are compelled to raise our voice lest we be destroyedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Shillong, April 5, 2020: An organization representing all Christian denominations in northeastern India has appealed for a united fight against coronavirus pandemic. The Joint Peace Mission Team on April 2 met at the headquarters of the Northeast India Christian Council at Shillong to discuss the latestContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, March 4, 2020: The recent violence and pogroms across India leave us wondering if we are in a ‘controlled democracy,’ laments Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, who recently won an award for journalism. In India has seen a steady erosion of the importance of the legislatures, both atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 5, 2020: Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) will honor noted peace activist Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil for his bold writings against communalism and fundamentalism that is gaining ground globally. Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Kurien Joseph will confer the annual ‘Louis Careno Award forContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony New Delhi, Dec 9, 2019: The secret of success of any peace effort is the ability to listen, says Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, who on December 9 received the latest “Ambassador for Peace” award from the International Human Rights Council. “Many think that volubility and vocabulary, a cuteContinue Reading
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Lissy Maruthanakuzhy It was the desire to become a missionary that brought me to the Daughters of St. Paul in Mumbai, western India, more than four decades ago. There, I learned the first lessons of a media missionary through theory and practice. Our mission was to proclaim the Gospel throughContinue Reading