By Joseph Victor Edwin New Delhi, Nov 24, 2023: In my classes on Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, I am often asked “Do Muslims interpret their Scripture? Recently, I asked the questioner, what was at the back of his mind while asking this question. He was candid. He said: “I thinkContinue Reading
By Lissy Kurian Panaji, Nov 24, 2023: Some young members of a Goan parish are thrilled that they could reap a bumper harvest for the third consecutive year under the guidance of their pastor. “I enjoy working in the fields. On the day of harvesting the ride on the harvesterContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Daringbadi, Nov 23, 2023: Four survivors of the Kandhamal anti-Christian violence were ordained priests, a month after the Vatican granted permission to start the beatification process of 35 martyrs About 5,000 people attended the November 23 ceremonies at Our Lady of Holy Rosary Parish, Dairingbadi under Cuttack-BhubaneswarContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Angamaly, Nov 22, 2023: It was around midnight on 26 October, 2023, when I visited a police station in Angamaly, a small town in the southern Indian state of Kerala for the first time. I went there to seek help after a fall on the pathway, stumblingContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Nov 22, 2023: Near Gaza’s embattled Al-Shifa hospital, three nuns of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity are current struggling to support roughly 60 trapped people, including the elderly and disabled, with only intermittent contact with the outside world, according to an India-based priest who recently spokeContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Every year on November 21, people around the world observe World Fisheries Day to show solidarity with all fishermen, fish farmers, and other stakeholders. There are so many messages going viral in WhatsApp groups felicitating each other for World Fisheries Day. Commemorating this special day, theContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Nov 21, 2023: Bethany Sister Mable Clara D’Mello was among seven nuns from five congregations and three Camillus priests who spent two weeks in the relief camps of Manipur, a northeastern India state where ethnic violence has raged since May 3. The nuns belonged to theContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Nov 21, 2023: Vowing to pursue a program of “justice and peace,” the newly elected president of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference says that agenda will include speaking out against the country’s controversial blasphemy laws. Critics allege that those laws, which criminalize blasphemy against state-recognized religions,Continue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes, Nirmala Carvalho New Delhi, Nov 21, 2023: Devotees flocked to shrines dedicated to Venerable Agnelo in various places in India on his 96th death anniversary. “Venerable Agnelo is an inspiration for Catholics in their journey of faith,” said Cardinal Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, president of the ConferenceContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Nov 20, 2023: In the evolving communication landscape, BOSCOM South Asia communication sector organized a conference in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. The conference, held November 17 – 19, marking the 30th year of BOSCOM foundation had 35 delegates from 11 provinces and commission members,Continue Reading
