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Indian Church welcomes red hat for Vatican official for migrants
By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, Oct 8, 2024: The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India
Book celebrates Salesian heroes of northeastern India
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Sept. 30, 2024: A book on modern-day Salesians in northeastern India has received widespread appreciation. It
Asansol laity prioritize children’s catechesis
By I P Sarto Burdwan, Sept 27, 2024: A group of lay people in Asansol diocese of eastern India has
Adoration congregation gets first member from Chang tribe
By Kampan Chinnam Dimapur, Sept 14, 2024: The Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, a Kerala-based congregation, opened
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Will Church address women’s equality within?
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Oct 15, 2024: Matthew 7:3-5, came
Indian canonists address penal sanctions
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Oct 14, 2024: The 37th annual
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Educator who mentored Shah Rukh Khan as child dies
By Matters India Reporter Shillong, October 14, 2024: Christian Brother Eric Steve D’Souza, a revered educator who taught Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, died, in Goa, at the age of 74. The death occurred at 1:20 pm on October 13 at Shanti Niwas (a
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Nuns’ development center transforms village girls in northeast
By George Kommattam Guwahati, Oct 14, 2024: Lalhriatpuii says that the time she spent in Centre for Development Initiative has transformed her life. “All that I learned from here has given me hope,” says the young girl from Tualbungin Mizoram, a state in northeastern India. Lalhriatpuii (people in Mizoram goes
INDIANS ABROAD
Koovakad: First serving papal visit organizer to become cardinal
By Andrea Tornielli Vatican City, Oct 7, 2024: His name was the last on the list of cardinals with which Pope Francis surprised everyone on October 6 as he spoke at the end of the noonday Angelus prayer. On December 8, Cardinal-elect George Koovakad, 51, who has been in charge
YOUTH
Alumni bishops light up hope at Salesian centenary seminar
Fr. C. M. Paul Darjeeling, October 10, 2024: Salesian College Sonada alumni bishops started and ended the day’s deliberations lighting up hope for Don Bosco ,mission for next 100 years. They were participating at the 3-day National seminar on Salesian Mission from October 9 to 12 marking 100 years of
INTERNATIONAL
South Korean author awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Matters India Reporter Stockholm, Oct 11, 2024: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Mats Malm,
Brazilian nun wins UN refugee prize for work with migrants
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 9, 2024: A
Crosses replaced with pictures of Xi Jinping in China’s churches
By Donna Birrell Beijing, Oct 4, 2024: The Chinese government
TECHNOLOGY
China cuts children’s online gaming to one hour
The National Press and Publication Administration told state-run news agency Xinhua that game-playing would be only allowed between 8pm to 9pm. It also instructed gaming companies to prevent children playing outside these times. Earlier this month a state media outlet branded online games “spiritual opium”. Inspections of online gaming companies
Multiple global websites crash in Internet outage
New Delhi: A huge swathe of national and international news sites crashed on June 8 night including the New York Times, CNN and the BBC. Many sites were offline for up to an hour after an issue affecting their cloud platform technology. In New Zealand, TVNZ OnDemand, RNZ and Trade
Google Doodle to feature throwback series of popular past Doodle games
April 27, 2020: For the next two weeks, Google will feature a throwback series of Google Doodle games. Starting today and for the next two weeks, Google will feature one past Doodle game everyday for people to play and pass their time as they stay home. “As COVID-19 continues to
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Adani’s Mount Carmel takeover
By John Singarayar Mumbai, Sept 30, 2024: The recent news of Mount Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School in Cementnagar, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, losing its management to the Adani Foundation has shocked the local community. A lot of concerns and questions have
Food adulteration: Growing malaise in India
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Sept 25, 2024: In India the hot news today is “Tirupati Laddu.” All these years the devotees were consuming the laddus without any suspicion. Since it is a temple prasadam there is a deep religious
ART
Exhibition of paintings by Capuchin priests concludes
Thrissur: Stigmata, An exhibition of paintings by Fr. Joby Maryson Capuchin and an exhibition of pen sketches by Fr. R.V. Capuchin was held at Kerala Lalithakala Acadami in Thrissur from 30 April to 5 May 2018. Fr Joby Marson Capuchin, an ardent admirer of mural paintings, show-cased about 12 sets
Dangal gets ranked as number one film in China
Ever since, Aamir Khan’s 2016 smash hit Dangal has beaten all box office records to become the highest grossing Hindi film worldwide, crossing the Rs 2,000 crore (20000 million) mark, a limit even Bahubali 2: The Conclusion had failed to surpass, the film has continued to be in news for its
Kerala Tourism to hold festival of traditional folk arts
Thiruvananthapuram: Utsavam 2018, conceived as an attempt to rejuvenate the traditional folk art forms of Kerala, will be organized by the Kerala Tourism Department from January 6 to 12, 2018, across all 14 districts of Kerala, said Kadakampally Surendran, Minister for Tourism, Cooperation and Devaswom, today. The festival, organised in