By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Jan 30, 2024: The Catholic bishops of India will study the Church’s response to the current sociopolitical situations in the country and challenges of Artificial Intelligence at their 36th biennial plenary meeting starting January 31. Around 175 members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI)Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Jan 28, 2023: Jesuit managed St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru has received the status of ‘Deemed to be University,’, approved by the University Grants Commission and the federal Ministry of Education. “This status gives us several opportunities to further improve the education mission with excellence and commitment,”Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Kochi, Jan 26, 2024: Nuns in a southern Indian archdiocese find themselves caught between a papal order and the local priests and Catholics who defy the pope’s ultimatum on how to celebrate Mass. The situation in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese is “disgusting and frightening,” said Sr. Linet ofContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Jan 26, 2024: Among the key words and adjectives found in the Preamble of Indian Constitution, ‘sovereign’ is a word that is little understood and discussed. Qualifiers such as socialist, secular, democratic, and principles like justice, liberty, equality and fraternity come more easily into ourContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Jan 25, 2024: Satyapal Malik, the ex-Governor of many states stated that the role of Pulwama and Balakot was very much there in the victory of Modi-BJP in the previous 2019 General elections. He also predicted some other major spectacle may happen before the 2024 elections.Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Jan 24, 2024: Mangaluru’s St. Joseph’s seminary on January 24 became an institute for ecclesiastical higher education. The proclamation of the decree was conducted by Carmelite Father Mathew Attungal, the dean of the faculty of philosophy, Dharmaram College, Bengaluru, in the presence of Bishop Peter PaulContinue Reading
By Joseph Pulinthanath Agartala, Jan 24, 2024: The chief minister and others in Tripura have applauded a Salesian school in a village in the northeastern Indian state after its girls’ band, formed less than a year ago, made history at national level. The Girls Brass Band of St Xavier’s PathaliaghatContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Jan 23, 2024: A news report published in The New Indian Express of January 21 impacted the readers’ conscience. It left them grappling with questions. Questions that demanded convincing answers. It was reported that a couple from Kottayam district in Kerala was considering approaching theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jhabua, Jan 22, 2024: Christians in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have protested right wing Hindu activists planting saffron flags atop four Protestant churches, a day before Lord Ram’s idol was consecrated in Ayodhya temple in neighboring Uttar Pradesh. Some miscreants on January 21 shoutedContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Jan 21, 2024: Is there anything common between Graham Staines, the Australian missionary burned to death by Bajrang Dal activists and the Ram Temple in Ayodhya? There was none. However, from January 22 there will be. The day Staines and his two young sons wereContinue Reading
