By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Sept. 25, 2024: Archbishop Linus Neli of Imphal has requested Pope Francis to pray for the people of Manipur state in northeastern India. The archbishop made the plea on September 21during an audience with the Pope. He was in Rome to attend the September 15-22 formationContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Sept 25, 2024: In India the hot news today is “Tirupati Laddu.” All these years the devotees were consuming the laddus without any suspicion. Since it is a temple prasadam there is a deep religious sentiment attached to it. That sentiment is shattered now. DueContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican, Sept.24, 2024: Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication Paolo Ruffini on September 24 inaugurated the ‘Illuminaire’ website. This marked the launch of the first national Catholic media conference, organized by the Salesian communication departments in Rome and India, in collaboration with the Vatican DicasteryContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Sept. 24, 2024: More than 100 educators from all over northeastern India have attended a training on financial management of educational institutions. “Internal honesty should reflect in external accounting,” asserted Vittal Rao Lokare, a Chartered Accountant, who addressed the key aspects of financial management on SeptemberContinue Reading
By Roy Alex Kandy, Sept 23, 2024: After landing at the Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport on September 1, I noticed several large red hoardings while traveling towards Kandi city in Sri Lanka. These posters prominently featured the striking image of a young man with a beard. The text on theContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Sept 23, 2024: Swami Vivekananda’s soul stirring speech at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 is so relevant in India and even the world today. This was the view of about 200 people from different religious traditions who on September 18 gathered forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept 22, 2024: The city of Kolkata witnessed confluence of faiths, values, and collective harmony on September 22, the International Day of Peace. The program was organized by the Sadhu Vaswani Centre, Kolkata in association with the United Interfaith Foundation – India. It “brought togetherContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Sept. 22, 2024: Five bishops from northeastern India were among 267 newly appointed prelates from five continents who successfully completed a week-long formation course at the Vatican. The program focused on fostering communion within the universal Church, says a message Bishop Benny Varghese Edathattel of ItanagarContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Sept 19, 2024: Catholic nuns have joined civil rights and women groups to demand urgent steps to prevent increasing cases of sexual violence against women in the country. “If a doctor could be raped and killed in a government hospital during duty hours, how unsafe isContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Srikakulam, Sept 19, 2024: A Telugu bishop has penned a dirge to pour out his grief over the tragic death of a young woman scientist from a tribal community in the Telangana floods. “This song is a tribute to our beloved daughter, who has flown away fromContinue Reading
