By Matters India Reporter Bhopal: Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal on August 3 opened a new campus of the Bhopal School of Social Sciences that is expected to meet the challenges in changing professional education. The new sprawling campus – Institute of Advanced Studies — is set up at AshaniketanContinue Reading
Mumbai: In 1970, Father Placido Fonseca became director of Snehasadan, a Jesuit initiative in Mumbai aimed at helping street children find their feet and their dignity. Over the decades, more than 40,000 children passed through the doors of its 17 homes, each group of 20 or 30 cared for byContinue Reading
By Shalini S Chennai: Karthick Annan’s neighbors in the housing board were curious about the parai – a type of frame drum – reverberating under the open sky. They haven’t seen him play for the past two months as he took to sanitation work during the lockdown and shelved allContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Sister Lucy Kalapura did not get upset when suddenly a senior advocate in the Kerala High Court refused her brief in a case regarding her eviction from the home congregation. She knew that she was fighting a lonely do-or-die battle. Before him, a handful of other advocates also hadContinue Reading
Vatican City: In a message to the Medjugorje Youth Festival on August 2, Pope Francis told young Catholics that Christ’s loving gaze can free them from attraction to idols. “Have the courage to live your youth by entrusting yourselves to the Lord and setting out on a journey with him,”Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Balasore: The diocese of Balasore in Odisha state has expressed shock and grief over the death of Holy Family nun because of Covid-19. Sister Pouline Moonjely, superior of the congregation’s convent in Bhadrak, died July 30 in a hospital in Bhubaneswar, the state capital. She was 57.Continue Reading
By M K George Rome: The villain is supposedly Coronavirus, Covid-19, officially called SARS-CoV-2. The Delta variant has everyone on their toes. But, is the virus the real culprit or are deeper factors involved in the present crisis the world finds itself in? Look at the range of issues boggingContinue Reading
New Delhi: Spurred by the murder of a judge in Jharkhand, the Supreme Court on July 30 took suo motu cognisance of the mounting concerns about the dangers faced by the subordinate judiciary, especially trial judges, in the line of duty. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI)Continue Reading
Königstein, Germany: Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has approved an aid package of nearly 200 projects to help Christian communities throughout India tackle the coronavirus crisis. The fresh help from will support priests, religious, and lay workers in more than 140 Indian dioceses, who are struggling to copeContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Thrissur: In March 2014, I had to spend a few days in Kerala’s Thrissur district on a writing assignment for the US-based CNEWA (Catholic Near East Welfare Association.) Each writing assignment makes me think about the many blessings God has given me and my family. The assignmentContinue Reading
