By Joan Chunkapura Kottayam, Nov 7, 2022: When I started to work with people with addictions, I heard many comments about it being an unimportant and useless service field. Yet I felt it was more meaningful and had more of a sense of connectedness to human beings than working inContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Jatni, Nov 6, 2022: The first Catholic nun from Odisha’s Kandhamal region thanks God for accompanying her in her 50 years of religious life. About 50 people, 27 nuns and 7 priests attended the November 5 thanksgiving Mass of Sister Florentia Digal, a member of the DaughtersContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Nov 7, 2022: November 3, 2022, was a special day indeed! On that day, Pope Francis began a four-day historic visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, where he was given an exceptionally warm welcome! From the time he arrived in Bahrain, he set the tone ofContinue Reading
By Aloysius Kantharaj Bengaluru, Nov 7, 2022: The Indian Catholic bishops’ 35th general body meeting on November 7 took off to a colorful start with the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopold Girelli celebrating the opening with more than 200 prelates as concelebrants. Present at the opening program at St John’s NationalContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Nov 7, 2022: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on November 7 started their 35th general body meeting with the inaugural Mass presided over by Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli at St John’s National Academy of Health Science in Bengaluru. The nuncio also delivered theContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Nov 6, 2022: No relatives or friends turned up to receive Nanjamma when she was released after 14 years from a southern Indian prison. However, the Hindu woman found a Catholic nun waiting for her at the prison gate, ready to take her to a rehabilitationContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Nov 6, 2022: The bridge collapse at Morbi in Gujarat can be considered as a blackspot in the Indian history. A century-old suspension bridge, a tourist attraction in Gujarat’s Morbi town, over the Machchhu river collapsed, leaving more than 140 people dead. As many asContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Nov 4, 2022: Faced with what may be the deepest recession in a century, a cost-of-living crisis, a migration crisis and energy blackouts, to most people, these issues might sound like they need more urgent attention than a 12-day-long junket in the desert. Yet the mediaContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Tuticorin, Nov 3, 2022: The discovery of coins dating back to the 16th century has brought limelight to a Catholic village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The coins were discovered after Aasai Thambi, an officer of the Department of Archaeology, began excavation inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Itanagar, Nov 4, 2022: Rajiv Gandhi University Itanagar on November 3 hosted an orientation-training program on “Community Radio Broadcast and Disability Related information” for community radio professionals, mass communication faculty and students. Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (Divyangjan) organized the programContinue Reading
