By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Sept. 23, 2021: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has debunked a bishop’s allegation that some groups are using fake love and narcotics to trap Catholic youth in the southern Indian state. The chief minister on September 22 presented data from the crime department to prove theContinue Reading
By Stephen Alathara Bengaluru: Sept. 23, 2021: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has appointed coordinators for education, health, social service and media apostolates. The appointment was made during the conference’s 87th executive committee meeting held September 21-22. Salesian Father Joseph Manipadam, currently the coordinator for Education andContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, Sept. 23, 2021: A group of young people in Arunachal Pradesh on September 23 ran a 15 kilometer marathon to spread awareness on the importance of nature. The marathon was part of the Fourth Butterfly Meet organized by the Society for Education and Environmental Development inContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: A common element of social communications that has become the key feature of the way we communicate is WhatsApp. Undeniably, however, this facet has also proved to be the bane of several relationships. Determining what is good for this social media platform users and whatContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru: Sister Theresa Crasta is the only woman religious from India who was rescued by the Indian government from Afghanistan in August after the Taliban captured Kabul. Crasta belongs to the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa, or Sisters ofContinue Reading
By Stephen Alathara Bengaluru: The Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) has established a Bioethics Forum and appointed Father Christopher Vimalraj from the Archdiocese of Bangalore as its first director. Bioethics is generally understood to refer to the ethical implications and applications of the health-related life sciences. The decisionContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru: A Christian ashram movement has launched a campaign to promote religious unity and harmony in Kerala, a southern Indian state where a debate is raging over Islamophobia. “It is a fact that religious groups are passing through a crisis situation due to wide politicization of religionContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Sancole: The Goa-based Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth has elected Sister Berna Rodrigues as their ninth superior general. The election took place September 8, the last day of the congregation’s 12th ordinary general congregation held at St. Joseph Vaz Spiritual Centre, Old Goa. First timeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) has launched the ‘Mary Glowrey – Liliane Brekelmans Disability Award 2021’. This award was instituted as a token of appreciation from Liliane Fonds (LF) of the Netherlands for CHAI’s services to 33000 children and youth with disabilities inContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has told an important international conference on the protection of vulnerable children and adults that misguided concern for the Church reputation should not sideline abuse victims’ welfare. The conference for the Churches of Central and Eastern Europe on September 19 kicked off in the Polish capital,Continue Reading
