By Christopher Khoo Singapore, Oct 22, 2021: For too long, the Church hierarchy has held consultations between bishops and priests, and between bishops and the pope, without involving the laity seriously. However, unless the hierarchy identifies with the pains of the people, it would not be able to come upContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Oct 20, 2021: Louisa Abreo has crossed 100, but age has not diminished the widow’s enthusiasm to pray for the Church and the Pope. “Now I cannot do much but pray for the Church and the Holy Father,” Abreo told Matters India on October 20, aContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Oct 21`, 2021: Two friends from different parts of India sent me the now viral letter about priests and trusts. The letter No 0899/21/IN dated October 8, 2021 is written by Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, the apostolic nuncio to India. It is addressed to the bishops of TamilContinue Reading
By Pratapananda Naik Miramar, Oct. 18, 2021: Jesuits’ former Goa provincial, Father Rosario Rocha, who was a polyglot and scholar of Buddhism, died October 18 in Pune, western India. He was 69. His funeral will be October 19 evening in Pune. Father Rocha was serving as the spiritual director ofContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Oct 18, 2021: Farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh have been camping at several border points in Delhi since 26 November 2020 demanding repeal of three laws Modi government passed in Parliament in September 2020. From the outset, these laws were fatedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct. 18, 2021: Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli has pulled up Tamil Nadu bishops for “a tendency” among priests to set up and manage independent trusts violating the canon law. The nuncio says the existence of such trusts in Tamil Nadu cameContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters New Delhi, Oct 18, 2021: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the head of the Catholic Church in India, has launched the diocesan phase of the Synod 2021-2023. The cardinal, who is the archbishop of Bombay and one of the top consulters of Pope Francis, on Oct 17 appealedContinue Reading
By Jan Tellis Guwahati, Oct 17, 2021: Let me start with the words of Roderick Davis, the actor: “Love is the root of missions; sacrifice is the fruit of missions.” That sums up my four years of stay in faraway Paraguay, in South America. Life in the missions helps meContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Oct 17, 2021: The recently published Global Hunger Index shows that hunger level in India is “serious” and food activists in the country say Dalit and Tribal communities bear the brunt of it. The hunger index ranks India at 101 among 116 countries in the worldContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kailashahar, Tripura, Oct. 16, 2021: In the 2021 Global Hunger Index, India ranks 101 out of the116 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2021 scores. With a score of 27.5, India has a level of hunger that isserious. India was ranked 94 in the previous year, nowContinue Reading
