Islamabad, Oct 23, 2021: The government in Pakistan celebrated the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan, a senior priest has said, stressing that “the brotherhood of the two countries” means they are prejudiced against Christians and other non-Muslims. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Father Mushtaq Anjum,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Oct 22, 2021: Swami Sachidananda Bharathi, a peace activist, has urged students to work for an India free of hunger, caste discrimination and corruption by overcoming the evil of selfishness and greed. One should overcome the “evil of selfishness, greed and pride” with love andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, Oct 22, 2021: Some young Christians have burnt the effigy of a Hindu law maker in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to protest against his unsavory statement against Christians and Muslims. Rameshwar Sharma, a legislator belonging to the ruling pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party,Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Oct 22, 2021: The protracted lockdown and closure of schools have adversely affected the education of Dalit and Tribal students in rural areas, a study reveals. A discussion on the impact of prolonged school closure and sharing of the survey report, ‘Locked Out,’ was held OctoberContinue Reading
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
