By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur, Dec. 7, 2021: A Catholic priest in Odisha hopes to achieve his childhood dream of playing hockey for India. He now trains women to become the country’s future hockey team and his main supporter is his bishop. “I always wanted to become a member of India’sContinue Reading
By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala Mumbai, Dec 6, 2021: It is not an easy time to be Catholic. Thanks to cyberspace, today we are instantly aware of the scandals and controversies that crop up in different parts of the world, and the collective weight can just be too much. During theseContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 6, 2021: The killing of civilians by security forces in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland has evoked widespread condemnation from student unions, political parties and Church groups. The incident has led to fresh demand for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers)Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Dec 6, 2021: A mob of more than 500 people on December 6 attacked a Catholic school in a town of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, accusing it of indulging in religious conversion. Brother Antony Pynumkal, principal of St Joseph’s School at GanjContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Dec. 4, 2021: A Salesian parish was among 19 frontline Covid warriors honored by a member of the Karnataka legislative assembly. K J George, who represents Sarvagnanagar constituency in the assembly, told a December 4 function that the Covid warriors, including the Don Bosco ShrineContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 5, 2021: The birthplace of a Catholic woman freedom fighter whom Mahatma Gandhi labeled “the Jhansi Rani of Travancore” is among 80 Indian villages where culture mapping in now underway. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts has selected Kanjirapally in Kerala’sContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Dec 4, 2021: The United Christian Forum of Karnataka on December 4 organized a peace rally in Karnataka capital of Bengaluru against a proposed anti-conversion bill and survey on Christian institutions in the southern Indian state. The rally was initiated by the Archdiocese of Bangalore inContinue Reading
By Vivek Joseph Hyderabad, Dec 4, 2021: It was decision time for the cabinet. Prime Minister Sindhusree just read out the six resolutions that emerged from discussions throughout the day among her thirty ministers. The resolutions that had to be ratified ordered, among other things, the introduction of a UniversalContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 4, 2021: Vinod Dua, one of the pioneers of television journalism in India, died December 4 after a prolonged illness. He was 67. The death came in a Delhi hospital where he had been admitted post Covid-19 complication. Dua had spent most of his journalistic career withContinue Reading
Leuven, Dec 4, 2021: Archbishop Aldo Giordano, the apostolic nuncio to the European Union, died December 2 in Leuven, Belgium. The 67-year-old Vatican diplomat was hospitalized with Covid-19. In the past few weeks, his condition rapidly deteriorated and he had to be treated in the intensive care unit. A nativeContinue Reading
