Kottayam: Father Joseph Constantine Manalel, founder president of the Indian Theological Association who introduced theology to lay people, died February 5 at Malloosery in the Kottayam district of Kerala. He was 105 and a priest for 75 years. His funeral is scheduled at 2:30 pm on February 6 at theContinue Reading
By Joseph Victor Edwin New Delhi: The Islamic Studies Association has celebrated the “International Day of Human Fraternity” through a webinar. Craig Considine, a professor at the Department of Sociology in Rice University of the United States was the speaker for the February 4 program on “The Humanity of ProphetContinue Reading
By Avay Shukla New Delhi: The irony of this is lost on a government drowning in its testosterone: with every nail studded barricade installed at Tikri, Ghazipur or Singhu, Delhi is making itself progressively redundant to the ongoing course of events, and perhaps even to the future shape of thingsContinue Reading
Kochi: There is a need for Christians to close ranks with the protesting farmers who are fighting for justice, says Father Y.T. Vinayaraj, theologian, writer and chief editor of the Malankara Sabha Tharaka, the organ of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church headquartered in Thiruvalla. “The Christian faith is essentiallyContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: Sister Preetha Varghese has been feeding hundreds of people living in poverty in the streets of New Delhi after her arrival in the Indian capital in 2016. The 44-year-old member of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ, also called the Bethany Sisters, works forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A national association of Catholic theologians in India has expressed solidarity with farmers protesting against three new farm laws on the borders of the national capital for the past 70 days. “We the members of Indian Theological Association firmly support the cause of theContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis praised musicians on Thursday for showing “new creativity” despite severe restrictions imposed on their work by the coronavirus pandemic. In a Feb. 4 video message to participants in an online conference organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture, he also sympathized with artists whose livelihoods areContinue Reading
Vatican City: Addressing the current challenges of the U.S. Catholic Church, Pope Francis warned against the polarization in the country and the “sins” of the media. “The church in the United States is a church that has been courageous — the history it has and the saints — and hasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bolpur: Over the past five years, Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s Shantiniketan in the Bolpur town of West Bengal has added a tourist attraction — the Infant Jesus Church of Makrampur. The church has become a pilgrim center in Bhirbhum district attracting people from various religions, especiallyContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar, has sent a message to his countrymen and international community to press the military junta to restore democracy and release the leaders arrested in the wake of a coup. The message was issued February 3, theContinue Reading
