Ouagadougou, April 4, 2023: A Zambian brother belonging to the Missionaries of Africa has been killed in Burkina Faso. Father Didier Sawadogo, the congregation’s West Africa provincial, announced the death of Brother Moses Simukonde. The death has been described by Burkinabe authorities as a “tragic accident.” Father Sawadogo said BrotherContinue Reading
By Matters Indian Reporter Dindori, April 4, 2023: A Catholic bishop and a priest were denied anticipatory bail while another priest who was jailed earlier was released in separate cases related to alleged violations in managing schools and hostels in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. District and SessionsContinue Reading
By Neha Subba Siliguri, April, 4, 2023: More than 200 students from some 25 educational institutions from different cities are attending the third Salesian Model United Nations. Om Prakash Mishra, vice chancellor of North Bengal University and the chief guest, declared open the April 3-5 International conference at Salesian CollegeContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, April 4, 2023: Most of us would have heard of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1970 musical “Jesus Christ Superstar.” It was an attempt to re-present Christ in a modern day idiom. Nobody will have heard of Jesus and The Rolling Stones, the jazz group Mick Jagger founded inContinue Reading
Neha Subba Siliguri : April 3, 2023 : Third Salesian Model United Nations (SMUN) in Salesian College Siliguri is organised in association with Press Club Kolkata and UNICEF West Bengal from 3rd to 5th April 2023. Chief Guest, Prof. Om Prakash Mishra, Vice Chancellor of North Bengal University declared openContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 3, 2023: I received the below mentioned WhatsApp message: “Kindly do not miss WATCHING & SHARING this powerful documentary in Easter times, illustrating how persecutors are embracing the faith they tried to banish from Kandhamal. Christ is indeed ALIVE at the ground zero ofContinue Reading
By Shravan Garg Indore, April 2, 2023: Not finding words to express my personal grief and the collective loss to the society in the passing away of our dearest Father Varghese Alengaden. The moment I shared the devastating news with my dental surgeon daughter and her critical care consultant husbandContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden (This article was written by Father Varghese Alengaden on March 2, a day before his hospitalization for heart surgery. “If anything, unexpected happens to me during the surgery, let this be my message to the Church and all who have worked with me,” he wrote in hisContinue Reading
By Mudita Menona Sodder Mumbai, March 30, 2023: Father Varghese Alengaden shocked many with his untimely and unexpected death on March 26. Many, including me, had last met him on February 1, at the ninth Global Peace Convention at Porbandar. Parul Jain from Udaipur said, “It is really very unbelievableContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, March 30, 2023: Pope Francis on March 30 appointed Father Joachim Walder as the auxiliary bishop of Aizawl diocese that covers the entire state of Mizoram in northeastern India. The 67-year-old priest is currently the episcopal vicar of Barak Valley region of Aizawl diocese. TheContinue Reading
