By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 20, 2021: The Pauline family has mourned their first two Indian members, who died within two days. Sister Scholastica D’Souza, the first Indian to join the Daughters of St Paul, died November 18, aged 88. A day earlier, Sister Maria Lucia Bernice BoucheContinue Reading
By John Malvino Alfonso Pilar, Nov 20, 2021: The canonization process of Venerable Agnelo, a 20th-century saintly priest of Goa, entered another stage after a favor received through his intercession was sent to Rome after the diocesan scrutiny. This was announced at a function November 20 to celebrate the 94thContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Nov 20, 2021: Our farmers know the way, go the way and show the way! Thanks to their relentless struggle and their great sacrifices, for all of us – the three anti-farmer laws have finally been repealed. For more than a year now – with blood,Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 20, 2021: We are on the cusp of Advent, the precursor of Christmas. Till not so long ago this was the time that we started sending out and receiving Christmas cards, now a thing of the past. A popular banner on these cards was “Glory toContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Nov 19, 2021: From the genius of discovering how to use fire to cook food we have ended up cooking the planet. From the wizardry of creating spears to help us survive we now threaten ourselves with nuclear-tipped hypersonic missiles. It turns out that each ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 19, 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise announcement November 19 to repeal the controversial farm laws was welcomed with caution by farmers and their supporters across India. Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Joint Farmers’ Force), a coalition of more than 40 farmers’ unions formed inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 19, 2021: In a surprise address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi November 19 announced the repeal of three controversial farm laws that caused massive farmer protests across India. The announcement came on Guru Purab, the birthday of Guru Nanak, founder ofContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Nov 19, 2021: Church officials in India say suicide cases in India have increased mainly because of government’s wrong economic reforms and insensitive policies. “Many have come to a rock-bottom with no jobs, no income and no hope for a better tomorrow,” says Father Faustine Lobo,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kathmandu, Nov 18, 2021: A High Court in Nepal on November 18 granted bail to two Catholic nuns and two volunteers from South Korea, who were arrested for “illegal conversion” in Nepal slums. “Thank God for praying for Korean Sisters and volunteers. They got bail finally,Continue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai, Nov 18, 2021: One of the most solemn feasts in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church is the Solemnity of Christ, The King! The uniqueness of this feast lies in the fact that it belongs to the class of “idea-feasts.” It celebrates no specificContinue Reading
