By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai, Oct. 31, 2021: “O pleasant happiness to see the saints, to be with the saints, to be a saint!” exults Saint Augustine of Hippo. Each age has produced its crop of holy men and women who go to make the amazing galaxy of saints inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct. 30, 2021: Catholics in India seem overjoyed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Pope Francis to visit the country. Prime Minister Modi met the Pope in the morning of October 30 at the Vatican and the Indian leader invited the Pope toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, Oct 30, 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 30 invited Pope Francis to India. The Indian premier, who is in Italy to attend the G-20 summit, extended the invitation during his a one-on-one meeting with the Pope in Vatican City. “Had a veryContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct 29, 2021: A Catholic priest, who manages an eye donation movement, joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thousands of others to mourn the sudden death of a Kannada cine actor. Puneeth Rajkumar died October 29 following a heart attack at Vikram Hospital in Bengaluru,Continue Reading
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
