By Jesuraj Rayappan SVD Bolangir: About 150 chosen men and women from six Catholic parishes of western Odisha of the diocese of Sambalpur came together on April 7 to reflect on the theme “Dalit Empowerment in Western Odisha: An Ethical Imperative” in Bolangir, Odisha, Eastern India. It is an ongoingContinue Reading
Kochi: A Catholic nun hailing from Malayattoor in Kerala has been honoured with Rani Laxmi Bai Award by the Uttar Pradesh government for her long 40 years service in the medical field. The award was presented to her by the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Popularly known as the Mother Teresa of MauContinue Reading
Jaikrishnan Nair The nuns in their starched sky-blue habits are a picture of concentration, sitting cross-legged in the open courtyard of St Joseph’s Convent at Kunnamthanam village in Kerala. They are warming up for their daily yoga session, getting their breathing into a rhythm before they launch into more demandingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sundargarh: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and Odisha Bishops have urged people of Sundargarh district not to give in to divisive forces. On 1, April 2018, in the late night of Easter Sunday, some miscreants vandalized a grotto outside the compound of St. ThomasContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Manado: The first Asian Christian youth assembly kicked off at Manado in the North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on April 7 urging them to be catalysts for change in Asia. Focusing on the theme ‘Lord, Send Your Light and Truth to Lead Us’, the Asian Ecumenical YouthContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Goa: A group of spiritual heads from various religions has denounced the sporadic violence that is taking place in India. “We condemn all violence, lynchings and killings and request the authorities to take strong and speedy action against those involved in anti-social acts. We are veryContinue Reading
By Irudya Jothi SJ Kolkata: The Karwan-e-Mohabbat, a civil society initiative of solidarity and conscience in response to rising hate violence, visited the victims of Asansol riot in Bengal on April 8. “It is the dominant who have the power and knowledge and the look at the weak as theContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Sonapur : A group of social work students in Assam organised a workshop on menstrual health and hygiene for high school girls of a rural village near Guwahati, Assam. The workshop held at Kamarkuchi High School on 7 April, 2018 while creating awareness on menstrual hygiene, providedContinue Reading
Sister Jocelyn Edathil of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Sisters) is unique in at least two ways. First of all, she is a member of the India-based Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and on Aug. 6, 2016, when she took her vows at St. Vincent De Paul Syro-Malankara CatholicContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Sunday, April 8, condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria after a suspected attack in an opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta killed dozens of people. “Terrible news comes to us from Syria with dozens of victims, many of them women and children … soContinue Reading
