By Ajith Lawrence Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 9, 2024: Senapathy “Kris” Gopalakrishnan, cofounder of Infosys Limited, has won the first award honoring Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios, the first principal of Mar Ivanios College in Thiruvananthapuram. The award was announced on October 9 by Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, head of the Syro-Malankara Church thatContinue Reading
Fr. C.M. Paul Darjeeling, October 9, 2024: A large number of alumni are participating in the Don Bosco Mission Seminar being held in Salesian College Sonada, Darjeeling, from October 9 to 12 in preparation for centenary of Kolkata province, the first Salesian province in India established in 1926 First groupContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 9, 2024: A 79-year-old Brazilian nun, who has helped refugees and migrants for 40 years, on October 9 won the annual Nansen prize given to those doing outstanding work to protect internally displaced and stateless people. Sister Rosita Milesi, a member of theContinue Reading
Veera Rodrigues Mumbai, October 8, 2024: Marking silver jubilee of a school, Salesians invited educational stakeholders to to a symposium on Salesian pedagogy in the age of Artificial Intelligence. The symposium held on October 5, 2024 centered on the Preventive System of Italian educationist Don Bosco, emphasizing innovative teaching, stressContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, Oct 8, 2024: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is being observed on October 12 this year. This day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support Hospice and palliative care globally. Palliative Care is increasingly being recognized as a rapidly developing medicalContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, Oct 8, 2024: The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) says Pope Francis has honored a Vatican official for his “unwavering commitment to serving the marginalized.” Monsignor Fabio Baggio, Under Secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of theContinue Reading
By Andrea Tornielli Vatican City, Oct 7, 2024: His name was the last on the list of cardinals with which Pope Francis surprised everyone on October 6 as he spoke at the end of the noonday Angelus prayer. On December 8, Cardinal-elect George Koovakad, 51, who has been in chargeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Margao, Oct 7, 2024: A court in Goa on September 7 rejected the anticipatory bail of the state’s former RSS chief Subhash Velingkar, who had allegedly made offending statements against St Francis Xavier. The Additional District Court in Panaji denied interim relief to Subhash Velingkar inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Oct 6, 2024: Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad, who organizes the Pope’s overseas travels, is among 21 new cardinals Pope Francis announced on October 6. Among the new Asian cardinals are Divine Word Archbishop Tarcisio Isao of Tokyo, Japan; Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David of KalookanContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Oct. 5, 2024: Community leaders and organizations in Manipur’s Ukhrul district have called for peace and reconciliation after clashes during a cleanliness drive on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary left four dead and five wounded. “Each heart that bleeds today is a wound on our shared soul.Continue Reading
