By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: Some 25 priests from various parts of India plan to express solidarity with the survivors of the 2008 anti-Christian persecution in the Kandhamal district of Odisha, eastern India. They are the national executive members of the Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI), an association ofContinue Reading
By Justine Gitanjali Senapati The recent Regional Conference on Migrant Workers with Asian realities was the third in the series of the meetings that dealt with the issues on migration. The September 9-11 meet focused on the Asian context with the theme of “Migrant Workers: An Asia-Pacific Experience.” The firstContinue Reading
By K J Thomas Vilakannur: Hundreds of people from different religions on September 21 thronged a church in Kerala for in the installation of a Host on which a face resembling that of Jesus appeared five years ago. Archbishop George Njaralakatt of Tellicherry led the Mass at Christ the KingContinue Reading
By Adolf Washington Kodagu: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore visited the flood-ravaged Kodagu region of Karnatka state and interacted with the victims of nature’s fury. The archbishop was accompanied by a core-team that planned, monitored and coordinated relief work during the September 18-19 visit. Although the flood waters have receded,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, on September 21 expressed “full confidence” in India’s judicial system, soon after police in Kerala arrested a bishop in a sexual abuse case. “We have learned from the media the developments in Bishop Franco Mulakkal’sContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Baripada: Odisha remembers the 18th death anniversary of the martyrdom of Graham Stuart Staines and two his sons Philip and Timothy aged 8 and 10 on September 22. They were alive in a van in Manoharpur village of Odisha on January 22nd night in 1999. StainesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jakarta: A representative group of Asian churches that participated in the Asia regional consultation on upholding the dignity and rights of children proposed that the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) initiate and facilitate an Asia regional ecumenical advocacy network on dignity and rights of children. InContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai– Parents pass their virtues, values, principles and understanding of life flow on to their children.to their children, a bishop told pilgrims in India. Auxiliary Bishop John Rodrigues of the Archdiocese of Bombay was speaking at a students’ pilgrimage to Mount Mary’s Basilica in the Bandra neighborhood ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Sister Sudha Varghese, the Padma Shri awardee nun, and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma have appeared on a quiz contest hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, a renowned Indian actor. “I was invited to be on Big B’s show Kaun Banega Crorepati 10. The shooting was done onContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Madurai: Proper use of technology is a must for mental health. This was stressed on September 21, the first of day three-day Conference of Catholic Psychologists of India (CCPI). The conference’s annual meeting is addressing the role of psychology in the contemporary technological world. “There is aContinue Reading