Bhubaneswar, June 3,2019: Pratap Chandra Sarangi, who was sworn in as a junior minister in the Narendra Modi government, had been the Odisha convener of the Bajrang Dal when the missionary Graham Staines and his children were burnt to death in 1999, many pointed out on social media on MayContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, June3, 2019: Latheesha Ansari dreams of clearing the civil services, and she has the determination to see it through. However, she also has a rare genetic disorder that threatens to bring her down. During her first attempt at cracking the preliminary examination conducted by the Union Public Services CommissionContinue Reading
Blaj, June 3, 2019: Pope Francis ended his three-day visit to Romania with an apology to the Roma people, who trace their roots to northern India, for the Catholic Church’s “discrimination” against them. Roma people make up around 10 percent of Romania’s 20 million people. Many are marginalized and liveContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 2,2019: The Delhi High Court has issued notice to St Stephen’s College on a plea by three faculty members challenging the decision to have an additional Christian member nominated by the institution’s supreme council to be a part of the interview panel for admission of students. TeacherContinue Reading
Colombo, June 2, 2019: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to visit St. Anthony’s Church, venue of the first bomb blast site in Colombo, during his official visit to the island nation on June 9. The Indian premier’s Sri Lanka visit was announced by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena onContinue Reading
Blaj, June 2, 2019: Pope Francis on June 2 beatified seven bishops who were martyred during Romania’s communist regime. The Pope presided over the eastern rite liturgy in Blaj, a stronghold of the Greek-Catholic Church that was outlawed during communism, on his third and final day in Romania. The sevenContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ India today is at a defining moment of her history. There is so much that has taken place in the past five years (and particularly in the last ten days) that several citizens of the country are genuinely concerned about the future of the country.Continue Reading
By Archbishop Felix Machado Vasai, June 1, 2019: Pope Francis arrived in Romania on May 31 for a three-day, cross-country pilgrimage. The visit took place 20 years after St. John Paul II made the first-ever papal visit to a majority Orthodox country, which is on the Catholic and European periphery.Continue Reading
Bucharest, June 1, 2019: Pope Francis on June 1 braved a rain-soaked, twisting drive through the mountains of Transylvania to visit Romania’s most famous shrine, urging Romanian and ethnic Hungarian faithful to work together for their future. Pope Francis arrived in Romania on May 31 for a three-day, cross-country pilgrimage.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, June 1, 2019: The Andhra Pradesh Federation of Churches has welcomed a clean government promised by the southern Indian state’s new chief minister. “We are well pleased of your promise that your government would be revolutionary and would stand as an example and model toContinue Reading