By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan. 6, 2019: Pope Francis on January 6 accepted the resignation of Bishop Aleixo Das Neves Dias of Port Blair, which covers the entire Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This was announced at 12 noon in Rome and its corresponding time (4:30 pm) in India,Continue Reading
By Adolf Washington Bengaluru, Jan. 6, 2019: Sonu Nigam, a renowned Indian singer, will lead a music event organized by two dioceses in Karnataka to generate funds to build homes for flood victims in the southern Indian state. A planning meet on January 6 at the Bangalore Archbishop’s House wasContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Bangalore, jAN 6, 2019: The 8th Congress of the Salesian Brothers of South Asia held at Don Bosco Skill Mission, Bangalore, from 30 December 2018 to 3 January 2019 elected Br. Jose Puthenpurackel of Calcutta province as the new national delegate for Salesian Brothers in South Asia regionContinue Reading
Don Aguiar The ban on cow slaughter can pose a serious threat to the Indian economy in the near future, as the country may have to spend 1.5 times its current Defence Budget to take care of an additional 27 crore unproductive animals annually, an agricultural economist has warned. SpeakingContinue Reading
Istanbul, Jan 6, 2019: The Istanbul-based Orthodox patriarch on Sunday handed over a formal decree confirming the creation of an independent Ukrainian church to its leader, Metropolitan Yepifaniy. The decree was signed at a landmark ceremony on Saturday, putting the formal stamp on a break with the Russian Orthodox churchContinue Reading
Kollam, Jan 6: Bishop Jerome, the first native bishop of the Kollam diocese of the Catholic Church, will be elevated as Servant of God on February 24 at a function at Infant Jesus Cathedral, Thangassery. This will be the first step towards beatification and canonisation of the late priest. “KollamContinue Reading
Rome, Jan. 5, 2019: Pope Francis is encouraging U.S. bishops meeting near Chicago to unify as the Catholic church deals with a “crisis of credibility” stemming from the clergy sex abuse scandal. In an eight-page letter addressed to the bishops and released to the media on January 3, Pope FrancisContinue Reading
By Philip Mathew Nagpur, Jan. 5, 2019: Reverend Asir Ebenezer on January 4 assumed office as the general secretary of the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI). He succeeds Rev Roger Gaikwad. The Nagpur-based NCCI is the ecumenical forum of the Protestant an Orthodox churches and their organizations inContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 4, 2019: At least seven people were killed and eight admitted to hospital, some with burn injuries, after an explosion caused a factory in west Delhi’s Moti Nagar to collapse. According to police, the explosion levelled the three-storey factory where paint coating for ceiling fans was produced.Continue Reading
By Milan Vaishnav and Jamie Hintson Jan. 4, 2019: In northern India, some women had long complained that they were fed up with their husbands being drunk. An alcohol ban brought in at their request has affected 100 million people in the state of Bihar. The domestic violence, petty crimeContinue Reading