Cebu: At least 400 seminary formators in the Philippines gathered in Cebu City to discuss the implementation of new guidelines to improve the quality of priests in response to new and emerging challenges of modern society. Bishop Gerardo Alminaza, chair of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ (CBCP) EpiscopalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Perinjanam: Women of a village in the southern Indian state of Kerala created history on January 24 by taking over culverts near a toddy shop. “It was a symbolic gesture. We wanted to assert that we too have equal right to streets, crossroads and culverts inContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Kolkata — The head of the Dauguters of Mary Help of Christians popularly known as Salesian Sisters on a ten day visit to Kolkata region is schedued to meet with the monks of Ramakrishna Math. The Hindu monastic order with nearly 1,500 monks spread over 183 branchesContinue Reading
By Prathima Nandakumar Shravanabelagola: He stands tall atop the Vindhyagiri hills in Shravanabelagola in Karnataka. An epitome of supreme sacrifice and total renunciation, Bahubali, the son of the first Jain Tirthankar, Adinath (Vrishabanath), has been immortalised as Gommateshwara, the world’s tallest monolithic statue in Shravanabelagola. This February, the temple townContinue Reading
By Reetika Khera New Delhi: Aadhaar, India’s grand program to provide a unique 12-digit identification number to each of its 1.3 billion residents, appears to be collapsing under its own ambitions. When it was set up by the Congress Party-led government in 2009, it was touted as a voluntary biometricContinue Reading
By KAI SCHULTZ New Delhi: For the first time ever, the Taj Mahal, India’s monument to eternal love, is getting a serious cleaning. For more than 350 years, monsoon rains in Agra, the bustling city where the monument sits, were enough to wash dirt off the structure’s walls. But pollutionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palembang: The future of Indonesia lies in the unity among its 714 tribes speaking different languages, says the country’s President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). The head of the world’s largest archipelago country made the plea on January 22 while opening the 30th Catholic Students Congress held atContinue Reading
A major part of villages in India believes in virginity testContinue Reading
The pope said the situation of the Chilean couple was a particular one Continue Reading
Protests against the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo have resulted in the arrest of 10 Catholic priests — a sign of the government’s willingness to defy church authorities at the forefront of the movement to oust its authoritarian leader. The protests against President Joseph Kabila on Sunday , Jan. 21Continue Reading
