By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 30, 2023: Not belonging to the North East (NE), why should I bother about what is happening to the Christians there? As always, Sacred Scripture has the answer. While describing the community of believers as a body, we are told that “If one part is hurt,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, March 30, 2023: An Indian will now handle the funds of the worldwide Society of Jesus, the second largest Catholic religious congregation for men after the Salesians. Jesuit superior general Father Arturo Sosa on March 28 announced the name of Father Sebastian J Jeerakassery, aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, March 30, 2023: Jesuit superior general Father Arturo Sosa has brought the congregation’s works in Pakistan under its Asia-Pacific region. The general announced the change of jurisdiction for the mission in Pakistan in a March 28 message to Father Antonio Moreno, president of the JesuitContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Aizawl, March 29, 2023: The first convention of school students from eight Catholic dioceses of northeastern India has resolved to make them advocates of peace-building in the region. Some 350 delegates from these dioceses attended the regional convention at St. Lawrence School in Aizawl, capital ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, March 27, 2023: Church leaders in India have reacted cautiously to the demand of an organization representing indigenous people that the government remove the reservation for tribal people to Christianity or other religions. A March 26 rally organized by the Janajati Dharma Sanskriti Suraksha ManchaContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 28, 2023: Hundreds of Christians of Dalit origin from all over India on March 28 organized a sit-in to renew their demand for reservation for themselves as well as their Muslim brethren. A press note from National Council of Dalit Christians, the organizers, regrettedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 28, 2023: A group of students of theology from Delhi’s Jesuit-run Vidyajyoti Institute of Religious Studies on March 26 attended an iftar program, the ritual of breaking the fast during the Ramadan month. They were invited by Syed Muhammad Nizami Sahib to theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, March 28, 2023: A collector in the eastern Indian state of Odisha has assured financial support to Christians attending professional courses. Gajapati district collector Lingaraj Panda made this promise when a two-member Christian delegation met him in his office on March 27. Pallab Lima, generalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thannipuzha, March 27, 2023: An advocacy group for Catholic religious in India has termed as unacceptable an archbishop’s conditional offer of support to the Bharatiya Janata Party saying it would have serious long term repercussions. “We are shocked by the recent statement made by Archbishop MarContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, March 27, 2023: When Mahatma Gandhi died, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru said, “The light has gone out of our lives.” At the unexpected death of Father Varghese Alengaden, all his dear ones, friends, admirers and well-wishers feel that a shining light has gone out of their lives.Continue Reading
