By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 23, 2023: The head of the Catholic Church in India on August 23 joined the nation’s leaders to applaud the Indian Space Research Organization for the success of the country’s third lunar exploration mission. On the same day, when Chandrayaan (moon craft)-3 successfully landedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, May 8, 2023: Cardinal George Alencherry joined religious and political leaders to express shock and sadness at a boat tragedy that claimed 22 lives in Kerala. The tragedy “is extremely painful,” said the cardinal, head of the Syro-Malabar Church based in the southern Indian state.Continue Reading
Meppadi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has sought to reach out to Christians in Kerala ahead of the coming assembly polls, hailing their service in many sectors. He also noted “an atmosphere of fear’ in the country, but did not elaborate. “The atmosphere of the country is one of fear. ButContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mananthavady, September 23, 2019: A community radio has played a crucial role in helping Kerala’s Wayanad constituency to register record polling in the last Lok Sabha elections. “Radio Mattoli” made relentless efforts to spread the message of the Festival of Democracy, a project of the ElectionContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, Dec. 12, 2018: The worst is not over for India’s religious minorities, its Dalits and its farmers despite the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failing to retain its governments in some of the most populous and vast heartland states of the Union in the legislative assemblyContinue Reading
Shillong: The war of words between two top national parties over the federal government’s tourism package for Meghalaya has drawn the church into the political ring in the election-bound state. On January 31, a day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi came down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forContinue Reading
Ram Puniyani What should be the attitude of leaders’ visits to places of worship? The matter is very complex in a society like that of India where the hold of religion on the society has been strong and is becoming stronger. In many a Western countries where Christianity is theContinue Reading
Will the great Irish potato famine of the 19th century be echoed in a famine of ideas and leadership in India in the 21st century?Continue Reading