By Manju Devarapalli Hyderabad, Sept 7, 2020: A Capuchin seminary in Andhra Pradesh organized a seminar on the Indian Constitution to mark the death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh, a journalist who promoted secular values and liberal thinking. “The future priests should not be confined to the theology in theory butContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept 7, 2020: Jesuit Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, the first prelate of Baruipur diocese in West Bengal and pioneer of Jesuit mission in Bangladesh, turned a centenarian on September 7. “Our bishop is celebrating his 100th birthday today. He is the seniormost bishop in India,”Continue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 7, 2020: People, in general, live with the fear of the laws and law enforcing agencies and courts who have the power to punish them for violating the laws. They are also afraid of the religious laws and the priestly class who punish them inContinue Reading
Mumbai, Sept 6, 2020: More than 400 groups of artists, workers, activists and individuals from different backgrounds have come together to form a single united front for voices of dissent. Voices for dissent echoed from different parts of India as the ‘Hum Agar Uthe Nahin Toh’ (If We Do NotContinue Reading
Northumberland, Sept 6, 2020: Fragments from an ancient chalice etched with iconography from the early church have been discovered just south of Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, a county in North East England. The pieces were discovered among the remains of the sixth-century Christian church at Vindolanda, and form part ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Sept 5, 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic could not dampen the spirit of expressing teacher-student relationship in schools. Some parents and students of Sarada Mandir School in Goa’s Miramar found a new way to greet the teachers on September 5, the Teacher’s Day. “The parents cameContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kozhikode, Sept 6, 2020: Bishop Paul Chittilapilly, the first prelate of a Syro-Malabar diocese Pope Paul II created 33 years ago to resolve the rite rivalry in the Indian Church, died September 6. He was 86. Bishop Chittilapilly, who had served as the bishop of KalyanContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sept 6, 2020: Pope Francis urged the faithful on September 6 to steer clear of gossip, calling it worse than the coronavirus and saying it could be used to divide the Roman Catholic Church. “Please, brothers and sisters, let’s make an effort not to gossip. Gossiping is aContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 6, 2020: “When will you come home?” the daughters of doctor Ajit Jain would ask when they used to talk over call late at night. The nodal officer for novel coronavirus at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital in Delhi has not been home for nearly fiveContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Madurai, September 6, 2020: The first bishop to ordain women as ministers in the Church of South India (CSI) passed away September 5 in Madurai. Retired Bishop David Gnaniah Pothirajulu of Madurai-Ramnad, was the former CSI deputy moderator. He was 84. He is survived by hisContinue Reading
