By Matters India Reporter Chennai, July 4, 2020: Jesuit Father Joseph L Pragasam became the first Jesuit in India to die of Covid-19. Father Pragasam passed away on July 3 at Saravana Hospital, Madurai, about 465 km south of Chennai. He was 83 and a Jesuit for 64 years. “JesuitsContinue Reading
Aligarh : The Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, has awarded German Jesuit theologian Fr. Christian W. Troll the “Sir Syed Excellence Award”, a prestigious award given for his excellent work in the field of Islamic studies and Muslim-Christian relations. Prof. Abdul Kidwai, Head of the Department of KoranicContinue Reading
Google’s “doodle” for Tuesday, July 17 celebrates the 124th birthday of the Belgian priest who formulated the Big Bang theory. Fr Georges Lemaître was professor of physics at the Catholic University of Leuven and proposed a theory that said the universe was constantly expanding from a single first point. HeContinue Reading
A member of the Jesuit Order has been ordained a bishop in Ireland in a marked departure for the Irish Catholic Church. Bishop Alan McGuckian, 64, was ordained Bishop of Raphoe on Aug 6, the first ever member of the Jesuit Order to be appointed a bishop in Ireland. ArchbishopContinue Reading
The news of the ordination in the Year of Mercy has cheered Catholics in KandhamalContinue Reading
93 houses in the village collapsed and 359 others suffered severe damage in the April 25 quakeContinue Reading