By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Sept 24, 2020: Police in Andhra Pradesh have launched an investigation after some miscreants disfigured statues of Mother Mary, Jesus and Child Jesus in a church. The parish priest of St Mary Magdalene Church at Mandapeta in East Godavari district found the statues desecrated onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 24, 2020: A Catholic nun, who has promoted “Clean India Campaign” in Manipur, was among 42 people who on September 24 were awarded by President Ram Nath Kovind. The president conferred the National Services Scheme Awards for the year 2018-2019 on Sister WilliamContinue Reading
By Lucy D’Mello Mascara, Sept 24, 2020: As a missionary, I had always expressed my willingness for the mission “Ad Extra” (towards the outside). I had almost given up the hope when on my 50th birthday the Lord gifted me the mission of Algeria, the largest Muslim country in NorthContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 24, 2020: Since I have not enrolled in ‘WhatsApp University’ many call me outdated and backward. However, some friends bring their smart phones and ask me to watch some of the rare videos in WhatsApp. Today I witnessed a fiery political speech by a renownedContinue Reading
By Rose Achiego Nairobi, Sept 23, 2020: The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has appointed a Catholic nun to set up a national Catholic television station. Sister Agnes Lucy Lando, the director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Kenya’s Daystar University, is the coordinator and lead consultant to assistContinue Reading
By Vidhya Salluri Kathmandu, September 22, 2020: The Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd organized a nine-day online course on journalism to enhance its members’ communication skills. Around 20 nuns attended the September 13-21 course on “News Writing and Reporting” conducted by the National Institute ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 23, 2020: Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi died September 23 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was hospitalized September 11 after he contracted COVID-19. He was 65. The leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party leader was a four-time Member ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 23, 2020: Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has called on the Lok Sabha Speaker to expunge remarks of a member against Graham Stuart Staines who was burned to death along with his two sons, in Odisha, eastern India, 21 years ago. The ChristianContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 23, 2020: India witnessed 31 incidents of attacks on Christians in August this year. Majority of those attacks were reported from Uttar Pradesh in north and Chhattisgarh in central India, both states reporting 11 incidents each. The month saw a significant rise in such incidents as theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Alappuzha, Sept 23, 2020: The body of Archbishop Joseph Chennoth, the Vatican’s apostolic nuncio to Japan, was laid to rest at his native parish in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, southern India The funeral September 22 was held with full state honors at St Thomas Church,Continue Reading
