Matters India Reporter Siliguri, October 17, 2023 : Salesian College (Autonomous) Siliguri organized a National Education Policy 2020 session for school principals of North Bengal on October 17, 2023. Principals or their representatives from 10 schools participated in the event held on the theme : Changing Contours of Education :Continue Reading
By Jessy Kurian New Delhi, Oct 17, 2023: The ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ is the first Bill, introduced in the new Parliament building. It was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister of Law and Justice Arun Ram Meghwal on September 18 and was passed two days later withContinue Reading
By Nabam Pekhi Itanagar, Oct 17, 2023: The diocese of Itanagar in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal has installed its second bishop in the presence of more than 10,000 people. Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati on October 15 led the episcopal ordination of Bishop Benny Edathattel in Sacred HeartContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Dumka, Oct 17, 2023: More than 25,000 people, including Hindus, walked on the streets of Dumka, the second capital of Jharkhand state in eastern India, to conclude the four-day convention of the Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) Synod. People from seven deaneries of the Dumka diocese, dressedContinue Reading
Vatican City, Oct 17, 2023: The Catholic Church’s top official in the Holy Land has expressed his willingness to exchange himself for the children taken hostage by Hamas terrorists and being held in Gaza. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa made the offer on October 17 as officials around the world worked toContinue Reading
By Titilayo Aduloju Rome, Oct 17, 2023: The International Union of Superiors General (UISG) has called on all Catholic nuns and their collaborators around the world to observe October 17 as a day of fasting and prayer for peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land. The UISG has expressed itsContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Dumka, Oct 16, 2023: About 600 delegates attending a Basic Ecclesial community Synod convention were welcomed by five parishes of Dumka diocese in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand state. The parishioners, on an exposure program, on October 14 welcomed bishops, priests and nuns by washingContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 16, 2023: An advocacy group for Catholic religious in India has decided to join civil society groups and national campaigns to defeat what it calls fascist, fundamentalist, and fanatic forces in the coming state and the 2024 general elections. Around 80 members of the ForumContinue Reading
By R M Emmanuel Akilan Devakottai, Oct 16, 2023: “I know that you are all Jesuits, but are you all Catholics?” asked a bishop in northeastern India when a group of Jesuits met him during the first phase of the Synod. This sarcastic and pessimistic attitude was shared by manyContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Oct 15, 2023: Separate parliamentary and legislative seats, land for cemeteries and scholarships are among 20 demands Christian groups in Telangana have put forward to political parties in the southern Indian state. The Telangana State Federation of Churches, Telangana Council of Churches and Synod ofContinue Reading
