By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Feb 28, 2025: The Mumbai Press Club joined media persons to mourn the death of Ashley D’Mello, a stalwart journalist who covered a wide spectrum of issues during a career spanned over four decades. D’Mello died after a brief illness in the evening of FebruaryContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Feb 28, 2025: The term “Love Jihad” is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. Jihad is derived from the Arabic word Jahada that literally means accomplishing a task or attaining a goal by strength and force, be it for propagating good or fighting evil. Assertion by forceContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 25, 2025: A monthlong march of unorganized laborers in India has ended in the national capital demanding social protection, justice and dignity for their more than 500 million brethren. The Shramik Samman Yatra (Journey for the dignity of labor) that began in KanyakumariContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Secunderabad, Feb 24, 2025: Montfort Brother Varghese Theckanath is on a journey to make the voice of the voiceless heard in the main stream society. “Many interesting things happen among them, but only when a misfortune happens, their stories are reported,” bemoans Brother Theckanath, a grassroots activistContinue Reading
Rome, Feb 22, 2023: Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not in danger of death but is not yet cured, one of his doctors, Sergio Alfieri, has said. “Is he out of danger? No. But if the question is ‘is he in danger ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Old Goa, Feb 21, 2025: A two-day meeting in Goa has reaffirmed the Church’s commitment to migrant care and advocacy, urging dioceses and religious congregations to become protagonists of change in fostering a more inclusive and compassionate society. “The members of the Church must become signsContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Chennai, February 20, 2025 – Member of Parliament Derek O’Brien delivered a powerful speech at Loyola College’s centenary celebrations, marking World Social Justice Day, February 20. He honored Jesuit contributions to education, justice, and democracy, dedicating his address to Fr. Jerome D’Souza and Fr. Stan Swamy andContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Feb 20, 2025: A few days ago, I watched a YouTube video on the pathetic conditions of the homeless people and the Night Shelters in Delhi. A few contradictions can be seen in every country. But in India we live amid contradictions everywhere. Delhi beingContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, Feb 20, 2025: A schoolteacher’s death by suicide in Kerala has raised questions about the functioning of Church-managed aided schools in the southern Indian state. On February 19, Aleena Benny was found dead in her residence at Kattipara, a parish under the diocese of Thamarassery, 42Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Talapady, Feb 20, 2025: Father Gregory Pereira, a priest of Mangalore diocese in southern India, is called different names in parishes he has served. In Bantwal, he was “Papaya Father,” and in Narampady, “Kumbalakai Father.” In Talapady where he now serves, he is “Dragon Father.” The parishionersContinue Reading
