By Matters India Reporter Taran Taran, Sept 19, 2020: A pastor and his family were attacked with swords and butcher’s knives by a gang of religious goons in Taran Taran district of Punjab, a state in northern India. “We were on our way back from a prayer meeting at aroundContinue Reading
By Inés San Martín Rome, Sept 19, 2020: Pope Francis told a group of parents of LGBT children Sept.16 that God loves them as they are, and that the Church loves them because they are “children of God.” The pontiff’s words came during a short, private encounter with some 40Continue Reading
By Vinod Sushil Soreng Chennai, Sept 19, 2020: Father Erik Breye, the legendary Jesuit from Belgium, passed away on September 18, leaving behind a rich legacy of scholarship, higher learning and individual life of holiness perfected by simplicity and humility. He was 80 and was a Jesuit for 61 yearsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Sept 19, 2020: An eminent media educator says the media has helped bust myth and foster critical thinking to combat the onslaught of fake news during coronavirus pandemic. “Rumor mongering has taken its toll on a lot of people during Covid19 pandemic. Even the governmentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rajkot, Sept 19, 2020: A Catholic woman, who has lived as an acetic among wild animals in a Gujarat forest for 41 years, has been hospitalized. Sadhvi (ascetic) Prasanna Devi “is in a critical condition,” Carmelite Father Vincent Kannatt of the Junagadh parish in Rajkot whereContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Vatican City, Sept 18, 2020: Christian journalists are called to become new witnesses to the truth and bearers of hope and confidence amid confusing voices and messages. This was the central message Pope Francis’ address to some 30 representatives of “Tertio,” a Belgian weekly magazine that analyzesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, September 18, 2020: The social development center of Bagdogra diocese in West Bengal on September 17 launched alternative agricultural livelihood options to help people amid the coronavirus pandemic. “At a time it is said ‘COVID-19 is going to stay’, the economy is crumbling, jobs areContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, Sept 18, 2020: Jesuit Father Erik Breye, a seminary professor, retreat preacher and a confessor and counselor for seminarians and nuns, died of cardiac arrest September 18 in Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand state in eastern India. He was 79. “Bishops, Religious Sisters and fathers andContinue Reading
By Frida Toppo Bishnupur, Sept 15, 2020: Aboung Kumar Gangmei of Manipur is worried as starvation stares at him. However, the 37-year-old father of three has no plans to go back to Bengaluru, a southern Indian city where he had worked as a waiter in a restaurant for eight years.Continue Reading
By Jacob Mar Barnabas Aerath New Delhi, Sept 18, 2020: At 6:15 a.m. on May 1, the fifth anniversary of the inauguration of my eparchy, I went to the cathedral to celebrate Mass together with my priests and seminarians. I was surprised to see around 25 people at the gate.Continue Reading
