By Anand Mathew Varanasi, March 3, 2024: Hundreds of women, who rallied in Varanasi on March3, have demanded that political parties should deny tickets to those accused of sexual crimes in the General Elections 2024. “Those accused of sexual crimes should not be given tickets to contest elections. Complaints againstContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, Aug 12, 2023: A Catholic priest was among ten people arrested August 12 for opposing the demolition of a Gandhian center in Varanasi, a major town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The member of the Indian Missionary Society and others were releasedContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi, July 23, 2023: Gandhians in Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, have expressed shock and dismay after the Uttar Pradesh Administration sealed the Sarva Seva Sangh (SSS), a well-known Gandhian institute that serves as the central office of its various branches all over India. Vallabhacharya Pandey, a GadhianContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Coorg, Nov 8, 2021: Father Snehanand, a member of the Indian Missionary Society (IMS) who trained innumerable batches of future missionary priests and religious sisters, died November 8 in Mysore, Karnataka. The death occurred at 6:10 am in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Mysore. He was coma forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi: Catholic religious of Varanasi have collaborated with people of other faiths to open a series of temporary health centers in northern Indian city and villages surrounding it to fight Covid 19 pandemic. The seventh center was inaugurated on June 3 in a classroom of St.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi: Father Jerome Gyanprakash Sylvester, a member of the Indian Missionary Society and an expert on the Khrist Bhakta (Devotee of Christ) Movement of Varanasi, died October 27 following a massive heart attack. He was 58. “He complained of chest pain this morning. He reached aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, March 28, 2020: Several Church groups in Varanasi are engaged in a massive campaign to save the poor from starvation during the 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain the spread of coronavirus. Leading the campaign that began on March 25Continue Reading
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