By Dr George Jacob Kochi, September 12, 2020: According to a report released by the National Statistical Office the other day, Kerala retained her illustrious sheen as the most literate among Indian states. Her literacy rate, according to the report was 96.2 percent, followed by Delhi with 89 percent. TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhadravathi, September 11, 2020: The vicar general of Bhadravathi diocese in Karnataka state died of heart attack, four days after he tested negative for Covid-19. He was 54. Father Kuriakose (Shaji) Mundaplackal, a priest of Tellicherry archdiocese, was admitted in Muller Medical College Hospital Mangaluru onContinue Reading
September 11, 2020: The number of abortions in England and Wales soared in the first half of 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to statistics released Sept. 10. The new figures, published by the Department of Health and Social Care Sept. 10, showed that 109,836 abortions took place between Jan.Continue Reading
Vatican City, September 11, 2020: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, tested positive for Covid-19 upon his arrival in the Philippines, the Vatican announced September 11. Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican Press Office, said Tagle tested positive for the disease when heContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, September 11, 2020: A priest from the Archdiocese of Bombay has been felicitated by the Governor of Maharashtra for his service during the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari honored Father Fitzgerald Fernandes at Raj Bhavan at the Covid Warriors Ceremony on September 11. HeContinue Reading
By Lidwin Fernandes Mysuru, September 11, 2020: An Ursuline Franciscan nun has been appointed by Mysuru District Legal Service Authority as panel advocate for free legal aid clinic. Sister Jenifer Pinto of the congregation’s of Mysuru Province will provide as a free legal advisor in the Taluk office at Mysuru,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 11, 2020: Church groups in India on September 11 joined activists, academics and politicians to mourn the death of Swami Agnivesh, who is considered the country’s most renowned secular and democratic sanyasi. The once professor of Kolkata’s St Xavier’s College was 80 atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, Sept 11, 2020: The future of India looks grim as Facebook is being widely used to inject hatred and spread communal violence within the country, alleges Shibu Thomas, founder director of Persecution Relief, an inter-denominational organization dedicated to helping the Church in India. In aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), September 11, 2020: A Salesian NGO has built a new check-dam at Ujjani-Pimpalgaon in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Western India to address the agrarian distress of farmers. The Don Bosco Development Society (DBDS) through its implementing partner, Bosco Gramin Vikas Kendra (BGVK) is currently implementing theContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, September 10, 2020 — Youth workers in Mumbai have come up with on-line youth centres connecting marginalised children not only in their neighbourhood but also from Don Bosco institutions across India with no extra cost. Some 1,000 children across India (Mumbai, Pune, UP, MP, Bihar andContinue Reading
