By Matters India reporter Panaji, Feb 28, 2022: In a Lenten circular to the people of his archdiocese Archbishop Filipe Neri of Goa-Daman has requested them to keep Ash Wednesday as a day of prayer and fasting for the people in Ukraine. “Our Holy Father Pope Francis himself has givenContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Feb 28, 2022: The sudden war news and horrifying war scenes happening in Russia and Ukraine are really heart-breaking. Most of us born after World War-II are really witnessing the “horrifying scenes” of a war. The innocent people have become victims of insensitive, egoistic andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Feb 28, 2022: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa-Daman has urged people in his archdiocese to celebrate the 400th year of Saint Francis Xavier’s canonization. Saint Francis Xavier was undoubtedly one of the greatest evangelizers the Catholic Church, earning him the title of the PatronContinue Reading
By Auqib javid Srinagar, Feb 28, 2022: Tufail Ahmad was awake through the whole night ahead of his results. The 24-year-old recalled all the hard work he’d put in to crack the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) 2022. “I was nervous, sweating but I had put my hopes on AllahContinue Reading
By Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar New Delhi, Feb 28, 2022: Papacy is back in global politics — that is, assuming it ever left. Pope Francis’s gesture to visit the Russian embassy in Rome on Friday undoubtedly makes a notable event, for a variety of reasons. Pope Francis has a enduringContinue Reading
By Jo Siedlecka Lviv, Feb 26, 2022: While thousands of people are fleeing the arrival of Russian tanks and missiles in Ukraine, many priests and religious are staying back to look after those unable to leave. The Don Orione missionaries in Lviv have turned their monastery into a reception centerContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Feb 26, 2022: A Carmelite of Mary Immaculate priest was on February 26 conferred the honorary title of Colonel Commandant by the federal Ministry of Defense. Father Abraham Mani Vettiankal, who serve as the vice chancellor of the Christ University in Bengaluru is the first IndianContinue Reading
By Salvatore Cernuzio Rome, Feb 26, 2022: In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis spent more than a half-hour February 25 at the Russian embassy in Rome to express his concern. A day earlier, Cardinal Pietro Parolin appealed for greater space for negotiations. Pope Francis wishedContinue Reading
By C M Paul Kolkata, Feb 26, 2022: A Salesian Brother who reached out to all irrespective of their religions died in Kolkata, eastern India. Brother Sushanto Biswas died of cardiac arrest at 3.40 pm February 25 at Kolkata’s Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences. He was 76. AContinue Reading
By Midhun J Francis New Delhi, Feb 25, 2022: The Islamic Studies Association has published a book on dialogue to mark its 40th anniversary. The book titled, “A Call to Dialogue: Christians in Dialogue with Muslims,” was presented to scholars and students at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome FebruaryContinue Reading
