By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept 1, 2023: A delegation from Skopje in North Macedonia, the birthplace of Saint Mother Teresa visited Kolkata, the base of her charity works around the world. The delegation visited the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity to pay their homage to the saint.Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Baliguda, Sept 1, 2023: The survivors of Odisha’s anti-Christian violence and their supporters have demanded the implementation of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order on compensation to the Kandhamal victims. They demanded in a memorandum prepared by about 2,000 people who observed on August 31 the 15th KandhamalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 31, 2023: The Indian Catholic bishops’ media institute in the national capital has celebrated “Rakshabandhan” (bond of protection), the festival of siblings with a group of Brahma Kumaris. The National Institute for Social Communications, Research, and Training (NISCORT) on August 30 welcomed theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 31, 2023: The Media Commission of the Syro-Malabar Church on August 31 deplored what it says misleading reports the the apostolic administrator of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese is trying to subvert discussions on the liturgy dispute. “Allegations that the apostolic administrator, who is not involvedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters Bangkok, Aug 29, 2023: The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Office of Social Communication has launched a website to coordinate and promote communication of the Synod on Synodality in the region. Cardinal- nominee Sebastian Francis, bishop of Penang and the chairman of the office inaugurated theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 30, 2023: A Catholic nun in the western Indian city of Mumbai is making ripples in the movie world with her seven-minute fiction film shot in just two days on a mobile phone. Sister Josefina Albuquerque’s zero-budget movie “D for Dumbo” tells the storyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pilar, Aug 29, 2023: The participants of a seminar on the “Basics of interreligious dialogue” have resolved to organize parish level programs to create awareness among the Goan Catholics about the need to interact with people of other religions. They plan to spend “quality time” withContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Aug 29, 2023: A Catholic archbishop and a priest in the southern Indian state of Kerala are set to face contempt of court proceedings for refusing to permit church marriage of a Catholic couple in violation of a court order. Justin John, a member ofContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Aug 29. 2023: Those on death row face the wall, before being shot in the back. Police also frisk criminals while making them face a wall. Never a pleasant experience. Even in Jerusalem the Jews face the Western or Wailing Wall, to mourn what remains of Solomon’sContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Aug 28, 2023: Possibly, no Pope has ever visited a country that houses a little flock — about 1,500 Catholics. In modern times Pope Paul VI initiated international travels, and Saint John Paul II, during his long papacy, visited 129 countries. Since 2013, Pope FrancisContinue Reading
