By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: Time is running to resist organized hate machinery and save the democracy, said Apoorvanand Jha, a professor at the University of Delhi. “Unfolding of the fascism in India and the spreading of hatred goes unabated,” he said. He was speaking at the international webinar onContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Rome: Myanmar’s leading Catholic Churchman has lashed out against the “so-called leaders of the time” saying they have “failed in their leadership roles and responsibilities.” Delivering a homily at Mass on August 29 at the St. Mary’s Cathedral, Cardinal Charles Bo used the day’s scripture readings toContinue Reading
Palai: Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt of Palai has issued a circular, warning families about “fraudsters” who allegedly trap girls and young women. In an August 28 circular, the bishop told parish priests that the “fraudsters” call local body representatives disguising as former priests. They then claim that they are living abroadContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Pope Francis has appointed Father Varghese Vinayanand Vekkal as the apostolic administrator of the Gurgaon Syro-Malankara diocese. The appointment came August 28, two days after Bishop Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath of Gurgaon died of post Covid complications in a private hospital in New Delhi.Continue Reading
By Benedetta Capelli Vatican City: Pope Francis on August 30 authorized the promulgation of Decrees concerning the heroic virtues of three people, including Maria Cristina Cella Mocellin, an Italian mother who delayed chemotherapy treatments to save her unborn child. The others are the Servants of God Enrica Beltrame Quattrocchi, theContinue Reading
Warsaw: A Catholic layman will represent the Church in Poland at the official opening of the synodal process leading to the 2023 synod of bishops meeting in Rome. Aleksander Bańka, a professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice, southern Poland, was appointed as a delegate of the Church inContinue Reading
Guwahati: Thousands of people displaced by ethnic and communal riots in areas under the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) since 1996 are set to return to the homes they left behind. Central schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Jal Jeevan Mission have been dovetailed with the rehabilitation programContinue Reading
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Aug. 30 with two persons losing their lives and over 3.63 lakh people suffering in the deluge across 17 districts, an official bulletin said. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one child each drowned in the floodwaters at ChengaContinue Reading
By Joseph Victor Edwin New Delhi: A webinar heard a world renowned Jesuit Islamic scholar expounding how Islam and Christianity now shape the world. The August 29 program on “Political Religion: How Islam and Christianity Shape the World” was webinar jointly organized by the Institute of Dialogue between Religions andContinue Reading
Rome: The Claretian missionaries on August 30 re-elected Indian Father Mathew Vattamattam as its superior general during the congregation’s general chapter in Rome. Father Vattamattam was born on May 30, 1959, in Kalathoor, Kerala, southern India. He did his basic studies at St. Mary School, Kalathoor, and his secondary studiesContinue Reading
