By Matters India Reporter Manila, May 20, 2019: The House of Representatives is to pass a bill soon declaring the birthday of the Virgin Mary a holiday. Voting 19-0, the Senate passed a bill declaring September 8, which marks the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, a specialContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Rome, May 20, 2019: Sister Carmel Madathiparampil began working in Africa as a missionary since 1993. That was the year, the Daughters of St Paul, started the African mission project to commemorate the birth centenary of Servant of God Thecla Merlo, who founded the congregation along withContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, May 20, 2019: A visiting Salesian official says persecution is part of Christian vocation and that one should deal with the prevailing ‘culture of knife” in the world with patience and hope. “Persecution is the salary to follow Jesus,” Father Guilliermo Basanas, General Counselor forContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, May 19: 2019: On September 29, 2008, a bomb went off near a mosque in Malegaon in north Maharashtra, killing six and wounding more than a hundred. According to the prosecution, the blast was the handiwork of a Hindu extremist group. Arrested in the blastContinue Reading
By Mujib Mashal and Suhasini Raj Gaindawas,May 15, 2019: Swati Yadav had lost count of the number of village campaign stops she had made since her morning began — was it 27, or 28? She was doggedly stumping for a parliamentary seat through 100-degree temperatures in the northern Indian stateContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater Gurugram, May 19, 2019: For Abdullah Ashraf, the changes in his country can be measured by the things he no longer does. He never used to worry about wearing clothing that could identify him as Muslim. Now, when he goes on a road trip, he sticks toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dhaka, May 17, 2019: North South University (NSU), Dhaka, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is going to organize an international conference on “Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions” on July 27-28. The conference seeks to find a sustainableContinue Reading
by Elaine Jung, Louise Adamou and Swaminathan Natarajan. Colombo, May 19, 2019: On 18 May 2009, a brutal conflict which lasted almost three decades came to an end. It’s estimated that at least 100,000 people lost their lives. Many thousands are still missing. The war was fought along ethnic lines.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai THE CONTEXT: This has been open season for clean chits, especially from the Election Commission of India to Namo and Amit Shah. Opposition parties have got their hackles up, claiming that the Model Code of Conduct has been reduced to the Modi Code of Conduct. Other than cleanContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Darjeeling, May 18, 2019: The management of the Salesian College Sonada in Darjeeling has slashed admission fees by 50 percent in an effort to attract students of academic merit and lighten parents’ financial burden. “It is our continued effort to make higher education affordable for students whoseContinue Reading