By Pervez Bari Bhopal, June 29, 2023: Five organizations of the survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal have congratulated researchers who have vindicated the gas victims’ stand on the magnitude and long-term consequences of the disaster. The recently published scientific study on the health impact of theContinue Reading
By Agnes Aineah Nairobi, June 29, 2023: Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a Catholic missionary abducted in the west African country of Mali, describes her five-year-captivity as “spiritually transformative” and a blessing in her life. The Colombian nun was abducted in February 2017 in Southern Mali by what was laterContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 29, 2023: Pope Francis on June 29 appointed Father Benny Varghese Edathattel as the second bishop of Itanagar, one of the two Catholic dioceses in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, once a forbidden land for Christians. The Pope had also acceptedContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, June 28, 2023: Christians from various denominations have come together around the tomb of Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata to pray for peace in Manipur, a northeastern Indian state where ethnic violence has raged for the past two months. The Commission for Ecumenism under the ConferenceContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jabalpur, June 28, 2023: The Madhya Pradesh high court June 28 ordered the state police to demolish a boundary wall they built seven days ago that blocked access to a Catholic school. A single bench of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi also directed the police to make immediateContinue Reading
By Rose Maria (Achu) Kochi, June 27, 2023: We hear a lot about Christians indulging in “forced conversion.” Those who propagate that theory seem to say: “Let those who have seen or experienced wait, let those who have heard, speak.” I have nothing to say to such people Allow meContinue Reading
New York, June 27, 2023: Religious freedom has continued to decline across the world with Asia remaining a region for particular concerns, says a report from papal charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The ACN’s latest religious freedom report found that 61 out of 196 countries surveyed completelyContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, June 27, 2023: Fifty-five days have passed since Manipur started burning. To this day, there has been no effective response to stop the violence. Caught between the silence of those who should take action and the helpless of the people of Manipur and those sympatheticContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, June 26, 2023: Some 500 people from all walks of life came together in Patna to organize a silent march and interfaith prayer to mark their protest against the continued violence and human rights violations in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. “Manipur has beenContinue Reading
By Elisabetta Povoledo Vatican City, June 25, 2023: Pope Francis on June 25 marked the 40th anniversary of the kidnapping of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee. Emmanuela’s disappearance remains one of Italy’s most enduring mysteries and recently was the subject of a Netflix series. In remarksContinue Reading
