By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct. 26, 2018: The Syro-Malabar Church on October 25 launched “Smart Catechism,” a web portal offering online classes in matters of faith. The web portal is expected to benefit around 400,000 students attending catechism classes from grades 1 to 12 in India and overseas. TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Cherthala, Oct. 26, 2018: A parish in Kerala on October 25 witnessed commotion when some Catholics resented the presence of four “rebel” nuns at the funeral of a missionary priest from Punjab. While some parishioners objected to the Missionaries of Jesus nuns talking to media personsContinue Reading
Abu Dhabi, October 25, 2018: Emirati entrepreneur Nashwa Al Ruwaini was one of the winners of the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2018. She won the award for her philanthropic efforts to revolutionize the condition of women in the Middle East, as well as for the charitable activitiesContinue Reading
Guwahati, October 25, 2018: Prison Ministry India, a national voluntary organization working for the welfare of prisoners for over three decades, is currently holding its 12th national conference in Guwahati, Assam. The conference on the theme, ‘You are not alone,’ began on October 24 at Cathedral Church, Guwahati. More thanContinue Reading
Imphal, October 25, 2018: Thousands of Christians staged a silent mass rally in Imphal on October 24 demanding regularization of churches constructed in public places across Manipur. The rally was organized by All Manipur Christian Organization (AMCO) alleging that none of the churches across the state were included when ManipurContinue Reading
October 25, 2018: Pokemon Go, the wildly successful mobile game, has been downloaded around 800 million times and scooped over 2 billion dollars in revenue since 2016. Figures like that were always going to spawn some imitators. But the latest – the Catholic Church (followers: 1.2 billion) – might comeContinue Reading
The course titled “An interface between Fantasy Fiction Literature and Law: Special focus on Rowling’s Potterverse” will be offered as an elective to 4th and 5th year students of the B.A LL.B (Hons) programme at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) in Kolkata.
New Delhi, october 25, 2018: Indian women are lagging behind in rights for health, nutrition and participation in workforce, revealed the country briefing report on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Gender Index, released by Sahaj Equal Measures 2030 on Wednesday. Equal Measures 2030 is an independent civil societyContinue Reading
Vatican, Oct 25: Every year, just in time for World Mission Day, Agenzia Fides releases a report which takes stock of the world’s population of Catholics. This year, in celebration of their 92nd WMD, they announced that the Church had grown by 14 million faithful since 2015. The numbers areContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Oct. 24, 2018: Anisha Digal was just five when anti-Christian violence in 2008 uprooted her family from their village in Odisha’s Kandhamal district. Ten years later, Anisha was on the forefront of those remembering children in difficult situations throughout the world. She was among 300 childrenContinue Reading