By Matters India Reporter Kathmandu, Oct. 29, 2021: Two Catholic nuns from South Korea, who work in slums of Nepal, now wait for the court to reopen after Diwali to get their bail. Sisters Gemma Lucia Kim and Martha Park Byongsuk, members of the Sisters of St Paul of ChartresContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Oct 29, 2021: India was blessed by many foreigners who came to India and made it their home. Many of them not only mastered Indian languages but also wrote dictionaries, translated the Bible in to Indian languages and made research in Indian culture and Hindu scriptures.Continue Reading
Madurai, Oct 29, 2021: Salesians in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai city in October hosted a state-level soccer tournament. As many as 75 teams from various district of the southern Indian state attended the tournament that was in limbo for the last two years because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Don BoscoContinue Reading
Glasgow, Oct 28, 2021: As the various faith Caminos and relays to Conference of Parties (COP) 26 converge on Glasgow this coming weekend they will be joined by official faith delegations. Prominent among them will be the Catholic lobby. Pope Francis may not be going but he is likely toContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Oct 28, 2021: The meeting of Pope Francis and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been confirmed by the Vatican and the Indian government. “During my visit to Italy, I will also visit the Vatican City, to call on His Holiness Pope Francis and meet SecretaryContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Oct 28, 2021: What a silly question. It is just eleven kilometres from Jerusalem. There’s more to it than meets the eye though. There are just two references to Emmaus in the Bible, one each in both the Testaments. In the light of the Synod on SynodalityContinue Reading
By Christopher Khoo Singapore, Oct 28, 2021: When will all this end? I remember asking myself this several times last year as the Covid-19 pandemic dragged on week after week, month after month. And then, when it looked as if the clouds were lifting and infection rates dropping, another surgeContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, October 27, 2021: Christian leaders in northeastern India have expressed solidarity with the Christians of Karnataka in their opposition to a the southern Indian government’s move to introduce a bill to ban “forcible” religious conversion. Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati, president of the North East IndiaContinue Reading
By Lavina D’Souza Ministry Mumbai, Oct 25, 2021: Crossing a river or stream to reach certain villages used to be part of my local travels when I served in a village in the interior of India a few years ago. And many times when I reached midway in the stream,Continue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Oct. 25, 2021: The women of a Catholic parish in Bengaluru have felicitated their parish priest for being the “front line hero” during the pandemic period. Salesian Father Aloysius Santiago, rector and parish priest of Don Bosco Shrine in Lingarajpuram was honored October 24 atContinue Reading
