Kochi : Amid a controversy triggered by reported remarks of a senior priest questioning the belief that St Thomas visited India in AD 52, the Syro-Malabar Church today said the disciple of Jesus Christ did visit India. “The official stand of the Syro-Malabar Church is that St Thomas had visitedContinue Reading
Percival Holt, national president, Indian Catholic Youth Movement, National Youth Commission Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) was one of the nine delegates from India to attend the pre-synodal on youth in the Vatican from March 19-24. Santosh Digal of Matters India talked to Holt to find more aboutContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila: This has been the principle of helping and empowering the poor an as anti-poverty eradication strategy for most dioceses in the Philippines, South East Asia. Repeated small or big acts of goodness towards neighbor bring hope, love, and fullness of life, especially to the poor, saysContinue Reading
Among the new Venerables are 3 priests and 5 nuns: an Indian, a Spanish, a Portuguese, a Canadian and 4 ItaliansContinue Reading
India registered nearly 40,000 rape cases in 2016Continue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kotak Mahindra Bank on Friday expelled an assistant manager of one of its branch in Kerala for posting a derogatory tweet on Kathua gangrape and murder incident. Vishnu Nandakumar, assistant manager of the Palarivattom branch of Kotak Mahindra, celebrated the death of Kathua rape victim in one of his tweets.Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Christians in India must come out of their big institutions and celebrations of feasts to redeem the country through the power of Christ, says a former Air Force officer who became an ascetic after a near-death experience. “The Church in India has been on aContinue Reading
Manado: The Asia Ecumenical Youth Assembly ended with participants from across Asia presenting their cultures through music and dance. More than 350 participants from 23 countries across Asia attended the five-day event that ended on April 11 at Manado, Indonesia. The assembly chose the theme, “Lord, send your Light andContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter London — A Catholic bishop from the remotest corner of northeast India was awarded Bharat Gaurav Award at a ceremony held at U.K. House of Commons in British Parliament London on April 13th, 2018. Bishop (Dr.) George Palliparambil of Miao diocese in East Arunachal is theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Dalits will never get justice in India till the annihilation of caste is a reality, says John Dayal, a senior journalist and human rights activist. “That is what B.R. Ambedkar spoke of. Without this, laws of any kind are but little more than lipContinue Reading
