By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: Christmas day is quickly followed by the feast of the Holy Innocents–the massacre of the little children by King Herod (Mt2:13-18), hoping to terminate Baby Jesus. He would do anything to secure his kingship, transient as it was. It is as if God is reminding usContinue Reading
Yangon: In a new year message released for his countrymen, India’s neighbouring Myanmar Cardinal Charles Maung Bo found several reasons for hope despite the global pandemic year that sowed widespread despair and unprecedented panic. The Asian cardinal called Covid 19 as “an existential disruption,” that made some 122 million peopleContinue Reading
By Frida Toppo Bishnupur: When Archbishop Dominic Lumon of Imphal ordains Father Gangmei Pheigathuaipou Daniel on December 30, the Jesuits will get their first priest from Rongmei, a major Naga tribe in the northeastern India. Archbishop Lumon will ordain Father Daniel in St Ignatius Church Bishnupur, a Jesuit parish inContinue Reading
Aurangabad: Going beyond its duty of maintaining law and order, a police station in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad has been holding tutorials for children from the slum areas on its premises. As part of a community policing program, Pundalik Nagar police station has started English classes for children from nearby slums, forContinue Reading
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi December 29 hit out at BJP governments in the states for bringing ordinances against religious conversion through fraudulent means, including those for the sake of marriage, claiming they violate the fundamental rights under the Constitution. He also called the Centre’s farm laws “draconian” and daredContinue Reading
Hong Kong student activist Tony Chung has been sentenced to four months in prison for insulting the Chinese flag during a protest in May last year. The 19-year-old had faced a sentence of up to three years in jail after he was found guilty earlier this month. The court heardContinue Reading
Owerri: The bishops of Nigeria have urged prayer for the safety and release of a Catholic bishop who was abducted December 27 in Owerri, the capital of Nigeria’s Imo state. Bishop Moses Chikwe “is said to have been kidnapped in the night of Sunday 27 December 2020,” the secretary generalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 29 gave a patient hearing to the representatives of the Jacobite Church in a bid to resolve decades-old raging dispute between the two factions of the Kerala Malankara Church. A day earlier, the prime minister met the otherContinue Reading
Patna: Thousands of farmers on December 29 tried to march towards the governor’s house Raj Bhavan in Patna, demanding that the federal government scrap new agricultural laws. The marchers had a confrontation with the police in line with massive demonstrations elsewhere in the country. The march started from Patna’s famousContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Members of various Catholic religious congregations have spent time with the protesting farmers in the national capital to assure support and solidarity. “We told them that we are with them and are praying for them. We assured them that the Lord will give themContinue Reading
