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
By Devin Watkins Nuns from the Congregation of St. Joseph have thrown open the doors of their homes in Ukraine to people seeking shelter from Russia’s war in the country. Huge numbers of Ukrainians have fled their homes in eastern and southern regions, as Russia concentrates its attacks on thoseContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, April 15, 2022: I have encountered all sorts of churchmen and women, some filled with the love of Christ, others less obviously so. However, I always believed that, in spite of the temperamental oddities and outward severity of many Catholic clergy, they could be trusted atContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, April 14, 2022: Emeritus Bishop Joseph Pathalil, the first prelate of Udaipur diocese in Rajasthan, died April 14 after a long illness. He was 85. The death occurred at 12 noon at Paras KJ Hospital in Udaipur. A message from Bishop Devprasad Ganawa of UdaipurContinue Reading
By Celine Paramundayil Bhopal, April 13, 2022: No one can beat people from India for hero worship; they will idolize and worship somebody as a god — be it politicians, those in the film industry or sports stars. Who are the true heroes? As Christians we have many saints whoContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, April 13, 2022: The sisters and postulants in a Salvatorian formation center in Sri Lanka have been eating their food and vegetables raw for more than a week. “It is not part of any Lenten sacrifice or practice, but we have no gas to cook them,”Continue Reading
