By M K George Rome, August 1, 2013: The French have a word, an ‘eminence grise’ (grey eminence) which refers to a powerful decision-maker or advisor who operates behind the scenes or in a non-public or unofficial capacity. This phrase originally referred to Francois Leclerc du Tremblay, the right-hand manContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Agartala, July 31, 2023: Three peace rallies were held at various parts of Agartala diocese in Tripura in solidarity with the victims of violence in Manipur. In the capital city of Agartala, a candlelight rally was organized by the diocese’s women’s commission July 30 in collaborationContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 31, 2023: Women in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru held a rally to condemn the ongoing violence against women in Manipur, a northeastern Indian state. The Catholic Women’s Commission of the Archdiocese of Bangalore organized the July 30 rally with like-minded women organizations inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 31, 2023: Pope Francis on July 31 appointed Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, former secretary of the Office for Eastern Churches and presiding officer of the Greek Catholic diocese of Kosice in Slovakia, as the pontifical delegate for the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly in Kerala,Continue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, July 31, 2023: Run, flee, escape, hide, survive are not the verbs that we often use in our routine conversations. And yet, these were the very verbs that were employed by a group of Catholics from Manipur while sharing their stories. On the occasion ofContinue Reading
By Tanishka Sodhi New Delhi, July 27, 2023: Nearly seven in 10 journalists experience an impact on their mental health as a result of their jobs. And 82 percent of them think their media organizations support the Bharatiya Janata Party. These are some findings of a Lokniti-CSDS report, Media inContinue Reading
By John Mathew New Delhi, July 29, 2023: As horrendous stories of riots, rape and arson emerge from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Joseph Maliaken reminds us, “Riots just don’t happen; they are all created.” The veteran journalist in his seventies says this with conviction as he has coveredContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 31, 2023: Jose Abraham, a lawyer of the Supreme Court of India, has been awarded by the State Department of the United States of America for his remarkable work in his field. The US department announced the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Impact AwardContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, July 29, 2023: The elders of Vaishnavite community in Imphal have declared indefinite fast and prayer after taking moral responsibility for what they call the misdeeds of their immature youth. The declaration came during the third visit of Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil to the violence-tornContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 28, 2023: Activists and others have cheered India’s Supreme Court granting bail to a trade unionist and a lawyer jailed in the Bhima Koregaon case. “The granting of bail to Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves by the Supreme Court is indeed a significant step.Continue Reading
