By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept 14, 2020: A renowned moral theologian and a priest of the Archdiocese of Calcutta died September 14. Father Mervyn Carapiet died suddenly, said condolence message from the Archdiocese of Calcutta. He was 87. Father Carapiet, a preacher, teacher and writer par excellence, was servingContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sep 14, 2020: The Vatican expects to renew its interim deal with China on the appointment of bishops, as part of efforts to “normalize” the life of the Catholic Church in China, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said Sept.14 “With China, our current interest is to normalizeContinue Reading
Aizawl, Sept 14, 2020: Amid the shortage of hospitals in Aizawl, two local Presbyterian churches and a Young Mizo Association (YMA) branch have come to the help of the government in offering their halls to be used as COVID-19 care centres (CCC) where the infected people will be treated. RulingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Sept 14, 2020: A massive foreign direct investment is coming to India in the near future and only those who can handle technology will benefit, a technology expert predicted at a webinar organized by a Jesuit college in Patna, Bihar. “Every job now having aContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Sept 14, 2020: The past couple of weeks, particularly these first days of September, have been a defining period in the history of India. It is no longer about the ‘writing is on the wall;’ it is much beyond, not any more a reality show,Continue Reading
Vasco, Sept 13, 2020: A parish in Goa has urged the state government to return a lake it had given to a municipal corporation for beautification. “The Vaddem Lake belongs to the Church,” says Father Gabriel Coutinho, parish priest of St Andrew’s Church of Vasco. In a letter sent onContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Sept 13, 2020: In January this year, a Bengaluru-based NGO conducted a baseline survey among the migrant workers who were mainly from Bihar, UP and Odisha. Out of the 100 men interviewed, 20 men did not know to write their names. They also could notContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 13, 2020: Four decades ago as a student of philosophy I was shocked to learn the expression, “God is dead” by Friedrich Nietzsche, a 19th century German philosopher. Seeing the addiction of people to religion and its innumerable rituals another German philosopher Karl Marx said,Continue Reading
Gaya, Sept 13, 2020: A man has carved out a three-kilometre canal to take rainwater from nearby hills to fields of his village, Kothilawa in Lahthua area of Gaya in Bihar. “It took me 30 years to dig this canal which takes the water to a pond in the village,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jaipur, Sept 13, 2020: A mob of religious fanatics has threatened a Christian pastor in in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, Persecution Relief reported September 13. According to the inter-denominational organization dedicated to helping the Church in India, the mob on September 11 gathered outsideContinue Reading
