Bengaluru: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrão, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI), will release the new directory for catechesis on October 1. CCBI is a national body of Latin Rite bishops of India. The directory, prepared by the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization of the HolyContinue Reading
Mumbai: After a son and three daughters, I was born to my parents who were staying in Andheri, Mumbai, western Indian state. My mother was looking forward to another son because she believed that daughters were just a burden and sons would support her in old age. She was notContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has urged Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to protect Christians who are facing systematic attacks from radical groups in the Kondagaon district of the central Indian state. EFI general secretary Reverend Vijayesh Lal on September 28 wrote to Baghel in a seriesContinue Reading
Darjeeling: With the noble intention of giving back to the Hill town, a group of ex-students of St. Paul’s school, Darjeeling, has joined hands with the Ramakrishna Mission to provide monthly ration to elderly ladies without families and are from the economically backward strata. The Ramakrishna Mission Nivedita Educational andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi: Two Dalit rights activists from Varanasi, Utter Pradesh, among others, have been nominated to “21st Century Heroes of India” from the perspective of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and other Indian Constitutional Values. Pippa Rann Books & Media, based in the United Kingdom, September 27 announced thatContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru police have begun an investigation against officials of a private television channel that recently aired a sting alleging the involvement of members of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s family in acts of corruption. Police on September 28 searched the offices of Power TV and the home ofContinue Reading
Washington: Doctor Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) and the man largely responsible for developing a Covid-19 vaccine in the United States, has spoken candidly about his journey of faith. A scientist and doctor by training, Collins started out in his career deeply skeptical aboutContinue Reading
New Delhi: Amnesty International has halted its operations in India and said it had to let go of its staff after its accounts were frozen in early September as part of what it called a “witch-hunt” by the government over its adverse reports. The government, however, says the global rightsContinue Reading
Vatican City: As the Catholic Church marks 100 years of its ministry to seafarers, the Vatican is calling on governments, international, national organizations and port authorities to cooperate and create “special channels” to facilitate safe and secure crew changes, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to roil the world. Stranded atContinue Reading
Delta: A Catholic priest in Nigeria has been abducted by gunmen two years after undergoing the same ordeal. On September 26 evening, Father Jude Onyebadi was kidnapped from his pineapple farm in the Aniocha North area of Delta State, located in southern Nigeria. The priest had been visiting the farm,Continue Reading
