By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, May 25, 2022: Caritas India May 25 launched an App at a national conference on migration in Bengaluru, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The App, Pravasi Bandhu, was jointly released by Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore and Manjunath Gangadhara, additional labor commissionerContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, May 24, 2022: There is celebration in some circles that Pope Francis’ latest directive that non-ordained “Brothers” in men’s religious orders that also include priests, may now become Major Superiors, albeit with Vatican permission. What is the hullabaloo about? Will it have any impact on the ground?Continue Reading
By Media Matters Reporter Varanasi, May 23, 2022: Peace activists from various religions have launched a series of interreligious prayer services at different parts of Varanasi as sectarian tension over the Gyan Vapi mosque controversy gripped Hinduism’s most sacred city. “These prayers are taken from ten different religious sources namelyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, May 23, 2022: The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council on May 23 urged the government to deal firmly with extremist groups that spread hatred in the southern Indian state. “There are several warnings about the presence of certain extremist organizations in Kerala society and the needContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 23, 2022: Father Subhash Anand, a renowned philosophy professor who challenged Catholics in India to become Christ’s authentic disciples, died of a massive heart attack May 23 in Udaipur, Rajasthan. He was 78. Bishop Devprasad Ganawa of Udaipur has informed that the funeral beginsContinue Reading
Vatican City, May 21, 2022: Pope Francis said Saturday that Catholic schools should not be Christian in name only, but in fact. Speaking to the De La Salle Christian Brothers, the pope underlined that Christians educators must first of all be witnesses to the Gospel. “The Christian educator, in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Agartala, May 23, 2022: The Tripura government has honored a 65 year old Catholic nun for women empowerment initiatives when the northeastern Indian state celebrated the 75th anniversary of Indian independence. Our Lady of Missions Sister Judith Shadap from Meghalaya was nominated for the award byContinue Reading
Managua, May 23, 2022: A Nicaraguan bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega’s government has begun an indefinite hunger strike after taking refuge in a Catholic church in the capital Managua, alleging he had been targeted by the police. Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa and Esteli in the north of theContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, May 22, 2022: I was thinking that changes will be more effective if they come from the top. With this understanding I had been making efforts to motivate and convince those who were in leadership positions for many years. Several retreats and seminars were organized forContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 22, 2022: Catholic women theologians in India have mourned the death of Rosemary Radford Ruether, a feminist and liberation theologian who had profound influence on them. Ruether died May 21 in the United States. She was 85. “She is one of the earliest feministContinue Reading
