By C M Paul Kanniyakumari, Jan 4, 2022: A Christian Higher Education body launched a new reader on American Culture for Asian students simultaneously in India and USA. The book entitled “American Popular Culture” published by Salesian College Sonada/Siliguri is available on-demand both in India and USA. Book launch onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Jan 4, 2021: Members of the Calcutta Salesian province has mourned the death of Father Samuel Sudorshon Mondol, a former dorector of Novices. The Salesian priest died in Kolkata at 8.45 am on December 28, 2021. He was 49. Father Mondol “had been undergoing immunotherapyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vadayar, Jan 4, 2021: As attacks against Christians in different parts of India grab headlines during the Christmas week, a small Christian community in Kerala celebrated the annual feast of its with amity. Build up to the five-day celebrations at Infant Jesus Church Vadayar started DecemberContinue Reading
By P. A. Chacko Sahibganj, Jan 3, 2022: That India is being taken to a suicidal precipice is not a mirage. It is the decided agenda of the rightwing BJP led government at the centre, and in some states, that the secular democratic set up of the nation is doneContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Jan 2, 2022: Three women in their early 20s, classmates and close friends, are now busy enrolling unorganized laborers in a federal government project to help the poor in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. “India has no dearth of welfare schemes and policies for theContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec 31, 2021: A priest in Bombay archdiocese has been convicted of abusing a teenage boy in 2015. A court dealing with POCSO (Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences) cases on December 29 awarded life sentence to Fr Lawrence Johnson. The priest was arrested in 2016,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 31, 2021: The Indian Catholic Forum has urged the Vatican to immediately remove Bishop K A William of Mysore who it alleges has been involved in “heinous crimes.” The call for Bishop William’s removal was first made on December 11 in a letterContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 31, 2021: The largest association of India’s Catholic lay people on December 31 urged the federal government to check targeted hate and violence to make minority communities feel safe in the country. The All India Catholic Union (AICU) says 2021 saw a “surgeContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur, Dec 3-, 2021: A suspended Catholic priest has become a semi-god a year after his death in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Hundreds people from other religions now visit “Seva Ashram” (hermitage of service), the late Father Joseph Parecattil had opened in Parsahi village.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Dec 27, 2021: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated Cathedral Christmas Crib and ten flex panels depicting Saint Francis Assisi who initiated crib making tradition to stress love and respect for nature. “On Christmas night, the Chief Minister of West Bengal inaugurated a specialContinue Reading
