Sabarimala temple: Supreme Court overturns ban on women
2018-09-29
Barring women aged 10 to 50 is unconstitutional.Continue Reading
Unemployment, lack of education plague Indian youth: study
2018-09-28
The biggest worries plaguing the youth of India are unemployment and lack of education although most of them believed that their political leaders care about their needs, a new study has said. About 55 percent youth in the country also believed that they are knowledgeable about politics and government, andContinue Reading
Dalit, Adivasi Women observe ‘Starvation month’ in West Bengal
2018-09-28
By Irudaya Jothi SJ Kolkata: National Nutrition Mission has decided to declare September as the “Poushan Maah” in West Bengal–it is Bhadra and Ashwin (mid-August to mid-October) the worst months for hunger as it is the same story in many parts of rural India. Media groups have regularly reported ‘starvationContinue Reading
Side with Dalits in India: Consultation
2018-09-28
By Mattes India Reporter New Delhi: There is an urgent need to side with the Dalits in India. This was stressed during a consultation jointly organized by Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Dalits and Backward Classes and Christian Institute for the study of Religion (CISRS) on theContinue Reading
Our common trial
2018-09-28
By John Dayal We as a community must demand that Franco Mulakkal, the former bishop of the Jalandhar Catholic diocese, in the northwestern Punjab state, [suspended, or how do we describe his present canonical position], be tried in a fast track court on the charges of multiple rapes of aContinue Reading
Kandhamal Vincentians observe patron’s day
2018-09-28
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia: The Vincentian families in Kandhamal, Odisha, on September 27 celebrated the feast of their patron Saint Vinent De Paul. Around 300 children of Kandhamal survivors and lay people joined six priests of the Congregation of the Mission and 20 members of the Daughters of Charity, bothContinue Reading
Punjabi Catholics need empowerment more than local bishop
2018-09-28
By Father Nithiya Sagayam The problem is not just having a local bishop in Punjab but to ensure empowerment of Punjabi Catholics in social, economic and structural levels. The empowerment could come through education, vocation promotion, higher studies, and employment. Let us speak of the Punjabi Catholics and their empowermentContinue Reading
Hills scholar bags PhD for study on energy efficient architecture
2018-09-28
By C.M. Paul Darjeeling: Samar Thapa, a Darjeeling based energy engineering scholar, has become the first one in the region to get doctorate in Building Thermal Comfort and Environment. Thapa, an assistant professor of Environmental Studies at Salesian College Sonada for more than 15 years, successfully defended his doctoral thesisContinue Reading
Humanity above religion, Catholic priest
2018-09-28
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri: A Catholic priest working for child rights and social justice in eastern India upholds humanity as paramount. “Humanity should stand first before any other religion,” said Father Felix Antony Pinto, director at Ashagram Children’s Home, Ranidanga, and director of Seva Kendra Siliguri of Bagdogra diocese,Continue Reading
Frightening Franco Fiasco
2018-09-27
By chhotebhai Kanpur: Blitz, the weekly brought out by R.K. Karanjia, had three Fs on its masthead – Free, Frank, Fearless. The blitzkrieg that has hit the Catholic Church in India over the last couple of months could verily use another set of three Fs – the Frightening Franco Fiasco.Continue Reading