By Matters India Reporter Pilar, Sept 1, 2022: The Society of Pilar has conducted a unique interfaith program designed for teenagers. Around 60 twelfth grade girl students of Arts, Commerce and Science from the Guardian Angel Higher Secondary School, participated in the August 29-30 program titled “Seeds of Sadbhav” heldContinue Reading
By Vatican News staff reporter Vatican City, Sept 1, 2022: In his prayer intention for September, Pope Francis calls on all people of good will “to mobilize for the abolition of the death penalty throughout the world.” “Each day, there is a growing ‘NO’ to the death penalty around theContinue Reading
By Christopher Wells Vatican City, Sept 1, 2022: Pope Francis on September 1 warned against “worldly” approaches to the liturgy, saying liturgy must be directed to the Mystery of Christ while remaining close to daily life. He was addressing the Italian Association of Professors and Practitioners of Liturgy on theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Sept 1, 2022: Mary Roy, an educator and a women’s rights activist, died September 1 after a brief illness in Kottayam, a town in the southern Indian state of Kerala. She was 89. She was survived by two children, son Lalit Roy and daughter ArundhatiContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, Aug 31, 2022: The diocese of Jalandhar has decided to close all its schools on September 1 to its concern over the attack on a church at Patti near Tarn Taran in the northern Indian state of Punjab. “We call upon everyone to work towardsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patti, Aug 31, 2022: Some unidentified miscreants on August 31 vandalized a Marian statue kept in front of a church in Patti, an old town in the northern Indian state of Punjab. They also set ablaze the car of the parish priest. According to a messageContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, Aug 31, 2022: The international edition of Cardinal Oswald Gracias’ autobiography was released at function in the Vatican City. Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa in Honduras and coordinator the Council of Cardinals, handed over the first copies of “Called to Serve” to CardinalContinue Reading
By Salvatore Cernuzio Just under 200 cardinals, out of the College’s 226, are participating August 29-30 in closed-door meetings convened by Pope Francis to reflect on the Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium, the document reflecting the Pope’s reform of the Roman Curia. The event will most likely mark the Pope’s largestContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Lucknow, Aug 30, 2022: Every Indian has his or her own idea of India. Pseudo-nationalists would have us believe that India is now an ideal country. Never mind that 400,000 citizens left the country last year seeking greener pastures and greenbacks elsewhere. The “Idea of India’ was theContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 30, 2022: Today human body can be considered a ‘treasury’. It is a living factory that can manufacture products that no laboratory can recreate. From kidneys to hair, to eggs, sperm and blood, many body parts can be sold through both legal and illegalContinue Reading
