Mumbai, Sept 6, 2020: More than 400 groups of artists, workers, activists and individuals from different backgrounds have come together to form a single united front for voices of dissent. Voices for dissent echoed from different parts of India as the ‘Hum Agar Uthe Nahin Toh’ (If We Do NotContinue Reading
Northumberland, Sept 6, 2020: Fragments from an ancient chalice etched with iconography from the early church have been discovered just south of Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, a county in North East England. The pieces were discovered among the remains of the sixth-century Christian church at Vindolanda, and form part ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Sept 5, 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic could not dampen the spirit of expressing teacher-student relationship in schools. Some parents and students of Sarada Mandir School in Goa’s Miramar found a new way to greet the teachers on September 5, the Teacher’s Day. “The parents cameContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kozhikode, Sept 6, 2020: Bishop Paul Chittilapilly, the first prelate of a Syro-Malabar diocese Pope Paul II created 33 years ago to resolve the rite rivalry in the Indian Church, died September 6. He was 86. Bishop Chittilapilly, who had served as the bishop of KalyanContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sept 6, 2020: Pope Francis urged the faithful on September 6 to steer clear of gossip, calling it worse than the coronavirus and saying it could be used to divide the Roman Catholic Church. “Please, brothers and sisters, let’s make an effort not to gossip. Gossiping is aContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 6, 2020: “When will you come home?” the daughters of doctor Ajit Jain would ask when they used to talk over call late at night. The nodal officer for novel coronavirus at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital in Delhi has not been home for nearly fiveContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Madurai, September 6, 2020: The first bishop to ordain women as ministers in the Church of South India (CSI) passed away September 5 in Madurai. Retired Bishop David Gnaniah Pothirajulu of Madurai-Ramnad, was the former CSI deputy moderator. He was 84. He is survived by hisContinue Reading
C V Joseph Bengaluru, September 6, 2020: Members of Claretian Congregation has launched Mother’s Meal Global programme in Macau, China on the feast day of St Mother Teresa, the champion of the poor and the hungry on September 5. Macau is the first international destination for the Mother’s Meal movement,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Sept 5, 2020: The death of eight migrant laborers in a road accident in central India on September 5 highlights the plight of the vulnerable group that has suffered the most in the lockdown, says an activist nun. “I am shocked at the accidental deathContinue Reading
By Navin Noronha Mumbai, Sept 5, 2020: It isn’t often that one gets to say I witnessed real change in my lifetime. In many ways, I still struggle to wrap my head around the events of September 6, 2018. On that wondrous day, despite several roadblocks, the Supreme Court ofContinue Reading
