By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept 4, 2020: Some legendary national award winning filmmakers in India are expected to speak at a webinar on Father Gaston Roberge, a Jesuit media guru who died on August 26 in Kolkata, eastern India. Jesuit Father Dominic Savio is organizing the webinar at 6:30Continue Reading
Saharanpur, Sept 4, 2020: The board outside the Nirgan Shah Graveyard at Numaish Camp at Saharanpur town in Uttar Pradesh state reads, “Iqbal, Qabr Khodney Waley” (Iqbal – The Gravedigger). The board also has a phone number where the gravedigger Iqbal can be reached. The graveyard is spread over 8Continue Reading
By Daniel Cajee Shillong, Sept 4, 2020: A commemorative volume of edited works on the life of Archbishop Dominic Jala, who died in 2019, was released on September 3 by Father Paul Olphindro Lyngkot, Salesians’ Shillong provincial. The function began with a prayer led by Father John Zosiama, the viceContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 4, 2020: India has a sacred tradition of venerating teachers. Our scriptures are full of references glorifying teachers. Much before we started celebrating Teachers on September 5, we had the tradition of celebrating Gurupurnima. All of us know and quote the famous quote from GuruContinue Reading
By Matters Indian Report Mumbai, Sept 3, 2020: Women and LGBTQIA persons have come to the forefront of a movement to save India’s Constitution. As part of the :#IfWeDontRiseNowcampaign,” thousands of individuals and groups from across the country have come together to raise their voices on the issues both on-lineContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 3, 2020: The Supreme Court has ordered the removal of about 48,000 slum clusters located within safety zones along railway tracks in Delhi within three months. In one of the last orders delivered by a Bench led by Justice Arun Mishra, who retired on September 2, theContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 3, 2020: Two students of Jamia Millia Islamia, who had led protests against Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), have sent legal notices to OpIndia, a news portal with Hindu rightwing leanings. Aysha Renna and Ladeeda Farzana have accused the RSS-sponsored website, which has wide circulation across the country,Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Sept 3, 2020: A Franciscan Clarist Congregation nun has died of Covid-19 Coronavirus in the 50th year of her religious life. Sister Annie Flossy died September 1 at New Delhi’s Holy Family Hospital. She was 74. She was brought to Delhi August 17 with acuteContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sept. 3, 2020: Pope Francis said on Sept. 3 that science and faith together can help humanity to overcome ecological crises. Addressing a delegation of French ecological experts Sept. 3, the pope said that the Catholic Church was committed to defending the planet from exploitation. “It has noContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Jaipur, Sept 3, 2020: The Covid 19 pandemic will have severe negative impacts on achieving the targets of most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, while unlocking and reconnecting, pandemic offers countries an opportunity to rebuild recovery plans that will reverse current trends and change theContinue Reading
