By Purushottam Nayak Raikia: A Hindu woman, who once opposed Christianity, now finds the Rosary a great source of peace, joy and happiness. “I always spoke ill of Christians and Christianity, not knowing Christian values in my life,” says Sunita Patra, who lives in the Kandhamal district of Odisha, theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar: A young Catholic woman, victim of the anti-Christian violence in 2008 in Odisha’s Kandhamal, has cleared the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), one of the toughest national level exams in India. “God is so caring and loving to the orphan. If my parents were aliveContinue Reading
By Tony PM and Peter Martin Ranchi: Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy’s arrest on the night of October 8 has caused a stir in India, especially in the country’s central and eastern region where the 83-year-old has spent half a century relentlessly fighting for the rights and values of indigenous people.Continue Reading
Mumbai: A special court of the National Investigation Agency October 23 rejected the bail plea of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy a tribal rights activist arrested for his alleged involvement in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence in Maharashtra. The 83-year-old, who is under judicial custody, had sought bail on health grounds.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: With the appointment of Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu to the Council of Cardinals (C 9), Pope Francis has selected two Capuchins among his seven close confidants. The Council of Cardinals, also known as the Council of Cardinal Advisers, is a group of cardinals ofContinue Reading
Manila: Pope Francis’ surprise endorsement of same-sex civil unions reverberated through the Catholic world October 22, with his comments prompting criticism but also support. The supporters included Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, the strongman leader of Asia’s largest Catholic nation. Even before the Pope’s comments, Duterte supported a law that wouldContinue Reading
Kochi: Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) says there is no change in the Church’s stand on same sex marriage. “The Catholic Church has not diluted its stand on family life and homosexuality. The Church does not make exhortations about marriage and family life through documentaries,” KCBC spokesperson Father Jacob PalakkappalliContinue Reading
Vatican:The Vatican and China have renewed a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops for two more years, the Holy See announced Oct. 22. An Oct. 22 Vatican communique said that the Chinese government and Vatican authorities agreed “to extend the experimental implementation phase” of the two-year provisional agreement firstContinue Reading
Ghana: At least 17 worshippers were killed in eastern Ghana when a three-storey church building collapsed, local officials said Oct. 22, with more people feared trapped in the rubble. One survivor told local media that some 60 people were inside the building belonging to the Church of Prosperity when itContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi: She was only 33. She had been working as a nurse since six years in the operating theater of the hospital where I worked. A mother of two, she came to work from Chandiroor, a suburb of Kochi on National Highway 66(NH 66). In theContinue Reading
