By Matters India Reporter Guwahati: The Christian community of Assam joined social and political leaders to mourn the death of Tarun Gogoi, a former chief minister of the northeastern Indian state. Gogoi, who was Assam chief minister for three terms died November 23 while undergoing treatment at the Gauhati MedicalContinue Reading
Birmingham: A Mother Teresa scholar from UK explained the epiphany moment in the life of two Alabnian ‘national heroes’ who lived 600 years apart. In the Zoom Talk on November 23, Mother Teresa author and scholar from Birmingham University, UK, himself an Albanian, Dr Gezim Alpion explored the lives andContinue Reading
Darjeeling: A third generation tea planter who has occupied various positions in the tea industry gives a peep into life of a tea planter, his club, his life style and habits with ample anecdotes and hilarious incidents of Darjeeling tea community. The book about Darjeeling tea community entitled “All inContinue Reading
Mumbai: A new television serial on Jesus in Hindi is set to begin next month on &TV. The story for the serial entitled “Yeshu” that deals with Jesus’ life story, is done by Utkarsh Naithani, an actor, flute player, and writer based on Divine Word missionary Father John Paul Herman’sContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis offered Mass for the Feast of Christ the King on Nov. 22, and afterward oversaw the traditional passing of the World Youth Day cross and Marian icon to a delegation from Portugal. At the end of Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 22, the World Youth DayContinue Reading
Chennai: A female professor at Loyola College (Autonomous) is listed in the world’s top 2 percent scientists. J. Judith Vijaya of the Department of Chemistry has been named in the world’s top scientist, in the field of “materials.” The analysis was conducted by a team of scientists from Stanford University,Continue Reading
Bengaluru: The Latin-Rite dioceses of India will mark “Communio India” Sunday on November 29 (first Sunday of Advent) with the theme “Love one another as I have loved you” (John 13: 34). “This year we observe Communio India Sunday amidst the suffering and the challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic.Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: A hill leader has floated scheme, after pujas, to provide civil servants for future Gorkhaland by sponsoring local youth for Civil Service coaching. President of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) Ajay Edwards says, “The main reason, why we are doing [this] is that people here haveContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph Chandpur: Sr. Teslin Poovathanickal is proud of the wounds on her face. “Oh, they are my Ruby’s gift,” the 43-year-old member of the Preshitharam Sisters says as she runs her fingers over the marks. Ruby, a 26-year-old woman with speech and hearing impairment who gets violent occasionally,Continue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi: An international webinar on “Transforming Interreligious Relations” on November 21 stressed moral and spiritual conversion as the need of the hour. The main resource person was Leo Lefebure, professor of Theology at Georgetown University, Washington DC. The webinar was jointly organized by Jesuits Among MuslimsContinue Reading
