By Matters India Reporter Ajmer, April 8, 2022: Bishop Pius Thomas D’Souza of Ajmer has declared the first bishop of the northern Indian diocese as a Servant of God, the first stage in the four-phase canonization process in the Catholic Church. Bishop Fortunatus Henry Caumont was the founder of twoContinue Reading
By Johnathan Cilia Valletta, April 8, 2022: A Maltese baby who was able to meet and be blessed by Pope Francis has died just days later. Baby Chayan was just five and a half months old when he died at 7:40 am April 7 after living with a heart condition.Continue Reading
By Ranjit Devraj New Delhi, April 8, 2022: Prospects for India achieving the target of generating 100 gigawatts of solar power in 2022 have waned because of high levels of atmospheric pollution. Atmospheric pollution reduces solar power generation in two main ways: by absorbing and scattering the sun’s rays andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, April 8, 2022: An eastern India Catholic diocese has taken steps to prevent human trafficking, a form of modern slavery. “Odisha is one of the key labor-sending states in India. People who go out for jobs say there is nothing for them to stay inContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, April 7, 2022: April 7 is a significant day. This day is pregnant with meaning: it brings to mind the hate, violence and suffering that has enveloped our world; however, at the same time, it reminds us that all is not lost: the human spirit, despiteContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore, April 7, 2022: An NGO that tries to produce responsible citizens from youth has resumed after two years its training programs to develop enlightened leaders. “We started the training after the two-year-gap of Covid pandemic and lockdowns,” says Father Varghese Alengaden, founder director of theContinue Reading
By Emily TeKolste Indiana, April 7, 2022: Almost 10 years ago, I spent a month working at a farm in northern India. Every day about the same time, as we were working in the fields, we’d hear a beautiful, melodic chant. I loved hearing this call to prayer punctuate myContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, April 7, 2022: A Catholic nun from India serving the war-hit people of Ukraine says hungry and frustrated Russian soldiers now invade Ukrainian homes, loot food and rape women. “We hear stories of such atrocities almost daily, and we too live in fear and anxiety,” saysContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, April 7, 2022: A Catholic nun working among the poor, especially Dalits, has expressed shock at the exposure of an infant selling racket in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Poverty alone is not the reason for the “rather unfortunate” racket, asserts Sister ManjuContinue Reading
By Monita Soni Jalsa is a stunning story about two mothers trapped at the crossroads of guilt and revenge… Vidya Balan plays Maya Menon, an accomplished, ambitious, and cut-throat journalist for the TV channel “Face the Truth.” She lives in a posh sea-facing flat in Mumbai with her son, Ayush,Continue Reading
