Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, March 6, 2022: In a post-Covid outreach effort to connect with the local community, Radio Salesian journalists made their first attempt and reached one of the far flung tea garden in Mirik Sub-Division, some two hour drive from Sonada. On March 5, Radio Salesian RJ teamContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Aizawl, March 4, 2022: Two Missionaries of Charity nuns from the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram have decided to stay on in the war-torn Ukraine to serve the people amid full-scale invasion by Russia. Sisters Rosela Nuthangi and Ann Frida said they were ready to risk theirContinue Reading
Islamabad, March 4, 2022: The 11th anniversary of the assassination of Pakistan’s former federal Minister for Minority Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti, was marked with an online event celebrating his life and legacy in the struggle for freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Pakistan. Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian, was assassinated inContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, March 4, 2022: Some politicians in India are being publicly criticized for their controversial remarks on student evacuation from the war-torn Ukraine. The latest to draw public ire was Arvind Bellad, a member of Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, who said it was better to bringContinue Reading
Vatican City, Mar 4, 2022: Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan in July, the Vatican announced March 3. The Holy See press office said the Pope would visit the African nations July 2-7, “at the invitation of their respective heads of state andContinue Reading
By Nameeta Renu Mumbai, March 4, 2022: She came to me in shabby and dirty clothes, her cheek bones revealing a skeletal figure, worn out with hunger and hardened with tears. With pleading eyes, she walked towards me and asked, “Pahchana kya?” meaning “Do you recognize me?” I hadn’t seenContinue Reading
By Celine Paramundayil Bhopal, March 4, 2022: Around 9 a.m. a call came: “Hello, we found two kids left near the collector’s office; please come and do the needful.” Medical Mission Sister Seema Bhalrai, coordinator of Child Help Line — a central government project of the Khandwa Diocese Social ServiceContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar. Mumbai, March 3, 2022: The Russian attack against Ukraine that started on February 24 will have a significant impact on the Catholic Church. There have been many wars around the globe since World War II, including in Europe — especially in the 1990s. But Russia’s aggression againstContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 3, 2022: As teenagers in the 1960’s we were exposed to the anti-establishment pop culture of the Beatles, and the anti-war protests of the hippies. The latter’s war cry (sic) was “Make love not war.” As I write this the Russian invasion of Ukraine has enteredContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, March 3, 2022: Sister Maria Nirmalini, superior general of the Apostolic Carmel congregation, is the new president of Conference of Religious in India, the national body of religious major superiors. She also heads the women’s section of the conference. She was unanimously elected the conference presidentContinue Reading
