By Ligi Payyappilly Mukachevo, April 22: What is it to live Good Friday in the war-torn Ukraine? Sister Ligi Payyappilly, a Catholic nun from India’s Kerala state, shares her experience of the war from her mission in Mukachevo, a city in western Ukraine. “This war has become our Good Friday,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Udaipur, April 21, 2022: Emeritus Bishop Joseph Pathalil of Udaipur died April 14 after prolonged illness. He was 85. After his funeral on April 19, the diocesan officials recovered two letters from his possessions: one addressed to his relatives in Kerala and another to his priests.Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, April 21, 2022: Come September, the first women’s college on India’s western coast will admit young men as students. The Apostolic Carmel congregation started St Agnes College in Mangaluru more than a century ago to exclusively educate women. After its centenary celebrations in 2021, the collegeContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, April 21, 2022: As soon as the Synod on Synodality 2021-2023 was announced the Indian Catholic Forum (ICF) was among the first off the blocks. It organized an online survey in English, using Google Forms. It was an attempt to gauge the pulse of the people, theContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Sancoale, April 21, 2022: The Planet Earth has five elements and they are well depicted in the entrance of our congregation’s headquarters in Goa. One of the elements is water where we have a little tortoise I have named ‘Tottu.’ Every time I pass by I callContinue Reading
By Lisa Zengarini and Alessandro De Carolis As fighting continues to rage in besieged Mariupol, with Ukrainian soldiers still resisting in the Azovstal steel mill complex, Ukrainian authorities on April 20 announced they hope to resume evacuation efforts to bring some 6,000 civilians out of the war-torn port city. DeputyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore, April 20, 2022: A special Holy Week retreat has helped a mixed group of Catholics to seek Christ’s mind while dealing with current challenging social issues. Father Justin Akkara, one of the 11 participants, says the Christo-centric leadership retreat has given him Christ as aContinue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi, April 19, 2022: I attended the Easter vigil service at the Jesuit chapel of Saint Xavier’s School in Old Delhi. Keeping vigil for the Lord (Ex 12. 42) in the Jewish scriptures reflected in the Gospel admonition about the servants waiting for their master. (LukeContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Shillong, April 17, 2022: More than 90 Catholic faculty members from 10 Don Bosco colleges in northeastern India spent four days reflecting on their role in higher education institutions. The ten participating Salesian colleges were Assam Don Bosco University Guwahati, Don Bosco Colleges of Maram, Bongaigaon, Golahat,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, April 16, 2022: A group of 40 Hindu men and women on April 15, Good Friday enacted the Passion of Christ in the northern Indian city of Varanasi, the heartland of Hinduism. “Varanasi presented a soothing picture of religious harmony, peace and love amid aContinue Reading
