By Matters India Reporter Moirang, May 4, 2023: A Jesuit team was attacked by a mob May 3 in Moirang, a town in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The team was returning after house blessings to their residence in Moirang, some 45 km south of the state capital ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, May 3, 2023: Two churches were among several buildings torched May 3 as fresh violence erupted between Hill tribals and Meiteis of the Valleys in Manipur’s Churachandpur district. Tension has spread to other areas as the All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur organized a solidarity marchContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, May 3, 2023: Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel Prize recipient in Economic Sciences, said, “Free speech and a free press not only make abuses of governmental powers less likely; they also enhance the likelihood that people’s basic social needs will be met. Secrecy reduces theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ghazipur, May 2, 2023: An 18-month-old girl and her mother were on May 2 granted bail eight days after they were jailed for indulging in alleged conversion activities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The District Sessions Court of Ghazipur granted the bail toContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, May 1, 2023: Today is May 1. It’s also called May Day or Workers’ Day and is also celebrated across the world as International Workers’ Day. Today is also a day to take stock of the challenges, deprivation and health hazards workers, particularly women workers, haveContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, May 1, 2023: While working with many religious congregations during the past many years I have been reflecting on the values of a religious person (priest, brother, nun). On April 21-22, I conducted a training program for the junior sisters of the Good Shepherd CongregationContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, May 1, 2023: Four months ago, a fellow Jesuit introduced me to ChatGPT. I was amazed. Immediately, I used it to get an outline for a lecture I had to give soon after. Quick, to the point and absolutely logical and convincing, I felt ChatGPTContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril Jaipur, May 1, 2023: The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India on May 1 drew plans to combat the issues of forced labor and human trafficking in its Agra region comprising 10 dioceses. Some 30 delegates from these dioceses attended aContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Moodabidri, April 27, 2023: Valerie Gastager, a German student, was excited to eat what she grew at the farm of a Catholic convent in southern India. “We harvested and ate the vegetables we grew,” Gastager said Feb. 28 as she showed Global Sisters Report the kitchen gardenContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, April 27, 2023: In Christianity utmost importance is given to human lives including all other living beings and natural resources. Each life matters. This has been detailed by Pope Francis in his encyclical Letter Laudato si (Care for our Common Home – the ecology). TheContinue Reading
