Vatican: World Fisheries Day is celebrated annually on 21 November, to highlight the importance of this marine based labour sector, which provides employment for more than 59.5 million people. In his Message for the Day, Cardinal Peter Turkson Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, pointedContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis says in a new book that he can relate to people in intensive care units who fear dying from Covid-19 because of his own experience when part of his lung was removed 63 years ago. Italian newspapers published excerpts of the new book Let Us Dream: TheContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: In the light of the recent appointments of bishops and archbishops, this question may seem audacious. But it is not altogether without merit. Do we really need bishops, what is their role in our lives, and if at all we do need them, then who should decideContinue Reading
By: Fr R. Sebastian Bengaluru, Nov 24, 2020: Institute of Dialogue with Culture and Religions ( IDCR)- Loyola- Chennai organised a book-review session on Nov 22 on the book titled: Mission in the Third Millennium: Emerging Trends in India. The book was published in 2019 by ATC Publishers, Bengaluru and isContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Syro Malabar Church is set to issue a set of guidelines instructing bishops to ensure that priests solemnizing interfaith marriages adhere strictly to the canon laws. According to a report in the Times of India, the development came after an interfaith marriage in Ernakulam, solemnized by aContinue Reading
London: A U.K.-based charity has called on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to grant asylum to a 14-year-old Christian girl who was abducted at gunpoint during the Covid-19 lockdown and forcibly married and converted to Islam by a Muslim married man. The Catholic charity Aid to Church in Need, whichContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: Disaster management experts, social scientists, activists, media professionals and theologians were invited to speak at an international webinar on media and pandemic organized by Signis Asia. The November 18-19 online Zoom meeting on “Covid-19: The Role of Media and Communications, and Moving Beyond,” was attendedContinue Reading
By AXJ. Bosco Vijayawada: Pope Francis October 23 appointed 13 new cardinals, including the first Afro American, a ground breaking news for the American Church. The 13 will be officially elevated to the cardinal’s rank during the ceremony to be held November 25, in Rome. Archbishop José H. Gomez ofContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi: ‘And I’d gladly stand up next to you And defend her still today ‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the USA’ -from the song ‘God bless the USA’ by Lee Greenwood. USA as a nation and a people have comeContinue Reading
New Delhi: Acid attack victims have not been paid compensation in 799 out of 1,273 cases across India, the National Commission for Women (NCW) said and demanded immediate attention of the states on the matter. The issue was discussed in an e-meeting by the NCW with the nodal officers andContinue Reading
