By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Feb 13, 2025: On February 5, Matters India published my article headlined, “Why do Catholic clergy treat women as servants.” It gave a few examples of the CCBI (Conference of Catholic Bishops of India) plenary assembly held at Bhubaneswar January 28-February 4. The article hasContinue Reading
Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, Jan 13, 2024: US President Donald Trump’s massive crackdown on illegal immigrants has become a raging issue worldwide. Recently, the US deported 104 Indian immigrants to India – handcuffed and in chains. Among them, 30 are from Punjab, 33 each from Haryana and Gujarat, three eachContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Itanagar, Feb.10, 2025: The Department of Economics at Don Bosco College Itanagar recently organized a two-day national seminar on “Challenges and Opportunities for Socio-Economic Development in Rural Areas of Northeast India.” The Feb. 7-8 seminar was supported by ICSSR-NERC [Indian Council of Social Science Research North EasternContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Feb 8, 2025: Canossian Sister Grasy Luisa Rodrigues received the Common Good Award at the Sisters’ Anti-Trafficking Awards May 23, 2024, in Rome for saving trafficking victims for the past 13 years. She also educates youth about the Indian Juvenile Justice Act, cyber safety and onlineContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 8, 2025: Pope Francis on January 8 promoted Bishop Udumala Bala Showreddy of Warangal as the archbishop of Visakhapatnam in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. On the same day, the Pope a new bishop for Jalpaiguri, a diocese in the easternContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Daringbadi, Feb 7, 2025: Cardinal Felipe Neri Ferrao, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), has congratulated the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar for producing 35 martyrs of faith. The cardinal’s message was read by Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore, newly elected CCBI vice president, atContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Feb 6, 2025: Salesian Sister Teresa Joseph, a Mumbai-based nun, has been conferred the Golden Book Award 2025 for her self-help and motivational book. The award is given by Wings Publication International, an international publishing company to recognize books and authors for their literary contributions. SisterContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Feb 5, 2025: There was a cultural evening during the January 28-February 4 plenary assembly of the Latin rites bishops of India at Bhubaneswar, capital of Odisha state. Almost all dances were performed by young girls. Important Eucharistic celebrations witnessed dances of young girls duringContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Feb 5, 2025: Around 675 Catholic religious from various congregations in the Mangalore diocese of southern India have celebrated the World Day of Consecrated Life. The gathering held under the regional unit of the Conference of Religious in India (CRI) on February 2, the feast ofContinue Reading
George Kommattam Calicut, Feb:2, 2025: The Kerala government’s decision to slash minority student scholarships by 50% has sparked widespread protests from Christian organizations, Church leaders, and Opposition parties. The move, which the government claims is due to a financial crisis, is being seen as deliberate neglect of minority educational rights,Continue Reading
