By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, March 8, 2022: Salesian College Siliguri on March 8 celebrated International Women’s Day honoring one of the women centenarians of Siliguri, and holding annual Sangam ethnic day. Inaugurating ethnic day, Principal Salesian Father George Thadathil complimented students and faculty for choosing a relevant theme “IndiaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, March 8, 2022: The Jharkhand High Court on March 8 granted bail to Jesuit Father Alphonse Aind arrested more than three years ago in connection with the abduction and gangrape. “I am happy to inform you that (Jesuit Father) Alphonse Aind, accused in the KochangContinue Reading
By Noella de Souza Mumbai, March 8, 2022: From east to west, north to south, Christian women across India have joined together this Women’s Day to sing out their protest in a creative way. “Hear Our Voices,” they sing to the Church hierarchy who appears never to listen. The songContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, March 7, 2022: The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine has left several Indian medical students stranded as Ukraine has closed its airspace and the students are forced to remain in bunkers, hostels or walk several kilometres to reach borders at their own risk. UkraineContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mukachevo, March 7, 2022: An Indian Catholic nun and her associates are working round-the-clock to help stranded students and others fleeing war-torn Ukraine. “God is using me to save people from death in Ukraine,” said Sister Ligi Payyappilly, the 48-year-old superior of the Sisters of St. JosephContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kailashahar, March 7, 2022: Tribal women in Tripura have marked the International Women’s Day by praying for the victims of war in Ukraine. “We pray for the repose of the souls of barbarian war in Ukraine by Russia and send peace vibrations to the families who haveContinue Reading
By Gerard O’Connell Vatican City, March 6, 2022: “Rivers of blood and of tears are flowing in Ukraine,” Pope Francis said March 6 as he made a passionate and robust appeal for an end to the war in Ukraine that has now entered its 11th day. He called for aContinue Reading
Kiev, March 6, 2022: The head of the largest Eastern-rite Catholic Church has appealed to the international community to help create humanitarian corridors, so innocent civilians can move to safer places and humanitarian aid can reach those bearing the brunt of Russia’s “horrific and bloody war.” Major Archbishop Sviatoslav ShevchuContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, March 6, 2022: The world is at war once again! The Russian invasion of Ukraine, now in its second week, continues unabated – with the fear of going nuclear! Several of the world’s democracies are with Ukraine; some big names, like China, are with Russia. IndiaContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Sancoale, March 6, 2022: Around 8,000 Catholics from across Goa joined the annual walking pilgrimage of faith the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman organized on March 6. The pilgrims finally gathered at Sancoale’s Rua Escravo de Maria that houses of the ruins of the old Church ofContinue Reading
