Matters India Reporter Siliguri, November 9, 2024: A newly inaugurated curia centre of Bagdogra diocese in Siliguri, serves health and wellness of local tea workers. The facility was blessed on November 9 by Archbishop Vincent Aind of Ranchi. “The building christined ‘Dishangan’ connotes direction, guidance, leading and nurturing; the kindContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 8, 2024: The Supreme Court has ruled that the salaries given to Catholic priests and nuns teaching in aided schools come under the income tax rules. Dismissing the appeals filed by 93 dioceses and congregations from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, a three-judge benchContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Nov 7, 2024: On November 2, I attended Mass in the Catholic Diocesan Cemetery in Coimbatore around noon time. The priest who celebrated the Mass holds an important post in the diocese. He preached for 35 minutes. That was “the most confusing homily” I haveContinue Reading
By John Singarayar Tala, Nov 6, 2024: India’s remarkable digital transformation has brought a parallel rise in cybercrime, posing significant challenges to the country’s progress. As people increasingly depend on online platforms for everyday activities, cybercriminals are exploiting these behaviors, making it urgent for India to address vulnerabilities in itsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dimahasou, Nov 5, 2024: Various Church groups in Assam have demanded action against a rightwing Hindu leader who allegedly maligned Christians and tried to undermine religious harmony in the northeastern Indian state. On October 27, Surendra Kumar Jain, the international joint general secretary of the VishwaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 1, 2024: Catholic bishops of India joined Church and political leaders to mourn the death of the Indian head of the Jacobite Syrian Church. Metropolitan Baselios Thomas I died at a private hospital in Kochi, Kerala, in the evening of October 31, afterContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, Oct 31, 2024: More than 100 activists, environmentalists and academics from across India on October 31 called for a comprehensive review of a project that threatens to displace the poor living on the banks of the Musi River in the southern Indian state of Telangana.Continue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Oct 30, 2024: I was intrigued by the revelations Bishop James Thoppil of Kohima, chairman of the northeast bishops’ formation commission, made during the meeting of the formators of northeastern region held from October 21-23 at Mount Tabor Retreat Centre in Dimapur. He placed theContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Oct 25, 2024: A cross made of 198 pieces of wood and an icon of Mother Mary are now journeying through the parishes of the Archdiocese Goa-Daman. “Each piece is of different size, color and shape to show that each parish and people in the archdioceeContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, Oct 24, 2024: A young Catholic woman, who had, as a child survived the anti-Christian violence in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, credits Jesus for her admission to a medical college this year after clearing the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET). “It is the power of ChristContinue Reading
