By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct 24, 2024: Church leaders have mourned the death of a well-known social worker and reformer, who had become “amma” (mother) to hundreds of women, mostly Muslims, in Kerala’s Malappuram district. Apostolic Carmel Sister Marienie succumbed to cancer on October 21 at a private hospital inContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Oct 24, 2024: Across 112 countries, 1.1 billion people live in acute multidimensional poverty, according to the 2024 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index report. In India, a total of 234 million people live below the poverty line, the highest in the world, according to a reportContinue Reading
By Carlos Luis Secunderabad, Oct 23, 2024: Around 60 Catholic moral theologians from across India have spent three days in Secunderabad, Telangana, to address mounting ethical challenges in the country’s healthcare system. “Biomedical Ethics: Developments and Challenges in the Indian Scenario” was the theme of the October 18-20 conference ofContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Oct 23, 2024: Church leaders, theologians and grassroots workers in India have mourned the death of the father of the Liberation Theology who forced Christians to recognize the poor as agents and partners and not objects of charity. Dominican Father Gustavo Gutiérrez died October 22Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 22, 2024: A former student of Agra’s St Peter’s College has brought glory to the Catholic institution by winning the world’s largest history prize this year. Tripurdaman Singh is among nine research scholars to win the Dan David Prize that celebrates the nextContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Kohima, Oct. 21, 2024: A Catholic bishop has suggested making seminary formation more rigorous like the training given to civil service officers in India, as nearly half the priests now serving the Church seem to perform below average. Bishop James Thoppil of Kohima, chairman of the northeastContinue Reading
By Joswin Praveen D’Souza Mangaluru, Oct 22, 2024: More than 100 philosophers have spent three days in the southern Indian city of Mangalore to study the relevance of hope amid modern challenges. “Hope is born at the intersection of dissent and discomfort with the material conditions of our existence,” saidContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Bankura, Oct 22, 2024: Jesuit Father Marcelo Pérez, who like his Indian counterpart Stan Swamy, advocated indigenous and labour rights, was assassinated in Mexico, according to information received on October 22. Father Pérez, a member of the Tzotzil tribe, was gunned down two days earlier by twoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore, Oct 20, 2024: The progressive group among India’s Catholic religious has resolved to live their prophetic call to address systemic, structural issues in society. For this, the members of Forum of Religious for Justice and Peace, who met October 18-20at Indore, central India, decided toContinue Reading
By Jeanette Pinto Mumbai, Oct 21, 2024: The book by Ladislaus Louis D’Souza has an impressive cover of three bald characters, a source of delight and wonder as to whether the book is all about children, and their resourceful ways in life. Surprisingly, it contains a variety of interesting inspirationalContinue Reading
