By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: The hotly contested village Panchayat elections in West Bengal throw expected results on May 17. There was unprecedented violence reported in the media this year, leaving some 12 to 14 killed and around 40 people injured. There were uncertainties with regard to the election dateContinue Reading
The extraordinary bonhomie between differently abled M.M. Anugrah and his classmate Fatima Bismi who had been helping him from Class I has found a new fan in Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church that is headquartered here. On Tuesday, the duo accompaniedContinue Reading
Changanacherry is the first diocese to respond to the developments related to the land deal controversyContinue Reading
Generous timings for boys, early deadlines for girlsContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican published an instruction on May 15 aimed at applying norms established in Pope Francis’ 2016 apostolic constitution on women’s contemplative orders, which emphasises the need for networks of monasteries in contemplative life. The instruction states that all monasteries of nuns must be affiliated with a federation, orContinue Reading
The President of Germany has called for the Catholic Church to allow Protestants to receive Communion. Speaking at Katholikentag, a major conference for German-speaking Catholics in Münster, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said: “Let us seek ways of expressing the common Christian faith by sharing in the Last Supper and Communion. I amContinue Reading
Firm action needed to wipe out sexual and financial corruption in the Church Continue Reading
Reviewed by: Roshan Shah This book, by an Indian Catholic theologian, is one of the best critiques of atheism I’ve come across—not just for its many cogent arguments, but also for its engaging, down-to-earth style that makes it easily understandable even to a ‘lay’ readership, beyond the narrow confines ofContinue Reading
The victims have called for “exemplary actions” against Chilean church leadersContinue Reading
Two more students would attempt to conquer Everest in coming two daysContinue Reading
