By Ittoop Panikulam Mumbai: An article on January 10 by Shoaib Baniyal in ‘Scroll.in’ had a question: “Why does poor West Bengal have healthier children than rich Gujarat I suppose the answer is, Gujarat has money, but not Gujarat’s poor children. Am I right, Shoaib? What does our future cryContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: Father Bolmax Fidelis Pereira, the parish priest of Sr Xavier Church in Goa’s Chicalim, is creating waves in the western Indian state with his youth group engaged in environmental protection and revival of agriculture. The priest spoke to Sister Lissy Maruthanakuzhy of Matters India about theContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Burdwan: The youth of a Catholic parish in West Bengal on January 26 took out a tractor rally to support the farmers’ cause. The youth of Ekpere parish under the diocese of Asansol went in procession praying and singing hymns for about 4 km on theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore: A group of Hindu hardliners on January 26 stormed a Catholic media center in the central Indian city of Indore for allegedly conducting religious conversion program. “By 6 pm, the premises were completely free of the trouble makers and it’s peaceful now,” says a messageContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The Indian government on January 25 honored a deceased Spanish Jesuit missionary with one of the nation´s highest civilian awards. Father Carlos Gonzalvez Valles, who died November 9, 2020, in Madrid, capital of Spain, is among 102 chosen for Padma Shri (Lotus honored), the fourthContinue Reading
An organisation that tracks persecution of Christians worldwide has published its latest Top 50 list with four African countries among the places where it is hardest to practise the faith. Kenya is listed at position 49 out of 50, leaving it one step from getting off the list published byContinue Reading
Dubai: A majestic new Hindu temple with a distinct Arabian look is expected to open its doors for worshippers in Dubai by October next year during Diwali, according to media reports here. The new temple is being constructed adjacent to the Guru Nanak Darbar in Jebel Ali, making the localityContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Nagpur: St Charles Major Seminary that began in the central Indian city of Nagpur with one student and a teacher in a bullock cart 169 years ago has a new rector. Dominican Father Aquin Noronha, a former missionary to South Africa, has been elected to leadContinue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi: The Department of Distance Education in Theology under Delhi’s Vidyajyoti College of theology organized an international laity webinar on the third encyclical of Pope Francis Fratelli Tutti (All Brothers). Around 380 participants from Europe to East Asia attended the January 24 program. Archbishop Anil CoutoContinue Reading
Yangon: Hammering at bamboo poles to erect a stilt house, minority Christians who have fled conflict in northern Myanmar are building a sanctuary on the outskirts of Yangon. The small Christian community in the Buddhist-majority nation is part of 200,000 people displaced since 2018 by fierce fighting in northern RakhineContinue Reading
