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
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Oct 16, 2021: The Archdiocese of Goa-Daman concluded the diocesan communication week on October 16 with Archbishop Filipe Neri applauding tiatrists for protecting culture and educating people on various social issues. The week began October 10 with the theme of the World Communications Day “Come and See:Continue Reading
By George Kannanthanam Bengaluru, Oct 16, 2021: Today (October 16) is World Food Day, I urge the Church in India to convene a Food Summit. It is time the Church in India called for a Food Summit. With more than 800 million people living in hunger worldwide and good manyContinue Reading
By Donna Birrell London, Oct 16, 2021: Former Anglican Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali of Rochester, a native of Pakistan, has been received into the Catholic Church ahead of being ordained to the Catholic priesthood. He is part of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham which was established ten years agoContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Oct 16, 2021: One of the tragedies of contemporary Catholicism is that the Church has become overly politicized. We are not talking about being political in the elevated sense of the word — that is, committed to the ecclesial community as well as to the polis.Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Oct 16, 2021: The visit of Selvaraj Jude Zacharia Rosario Mangalraj, the national president, has brought new enthusiasm to the members of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Kandhamal, Odisha. “We are immensely grateful to Mangalraj for visiting, inspiring, and assuring us of hisContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Kottayam, Oct.16, 2021: The Kerala-based Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church has elected its supreme head The enthronement of Mathews Mar Severios Metropolitan was held October 15 at Parumala in Pathanamthitta district. During the enthronement, the new head became the Catholicos of the East with the name Baselios MarContinue Reading
