By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Dec 5, 2023: A Sunday ministry started by some Claretian seminarians 35 years ago guided by a priest has become a movement that gives hope to thousands on the periphery. The ministry later named as the “Hope Society” celebrated its 35 years of service at theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 4, 2023: The Syro-Malabar Church on December 4 joined those mourning the death of Christy Fernandez, a former secretary of the Indian president. Fernandez died at 12.20 am on December 4 in the Lisie Hospital in Kochi, Kerala. He was 73. He was admittedContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Dec 1, 2023: The Daughters of Charity congregation has celebrated the platinum Jubilee of its presence in Odisha state’s Kandhamal. “Hundreds of students have built their future through St. Catherine’s Schools at Raikia,” managed by the congregation, said Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in his homilyContinue Reading
By Sofia Thomas Krishnagar, Dec 1, 2023: A Jesuit social activist has challenged Christians in India to come out of their comfort zones and critique the situations around him, following the example of Christ. “Why are we afraid to stand up, to take risks and to ask questions?” Jesuit FatherContinue Reading
London, Dec 1, 2023: A list of professions most at risk from the abilities of Artificial Intelligence, has put the role of church clergy in its top 20. Out of 365 occupation categories, the study, by the Department of Education ranked clergy as the 13th most exposed profession to AIContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 30, 2023: Pope Francis on November 30 appointed bishops for four Latin rite dioceses in India. Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi, who served as the apostolic administrator of Daltonganj is appointed as the bishop of that diocese in the eastern Indian stateContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 30, 2023: There are two types of people that believe that the Indian Constitution is a scrap of paper: Those who deliberately choose to ignore its provisions and those that are grossly ignorant of it. This November 26 marked the 74th anniversary of the adoption ofContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Nov 29, 2023: Frustrated with the pervasive and paralyzing levels of unemployment in the state of Telangana, in southern India, and with no real hope of finding an employment in the near future, Karne Sirisha, a graduate woman, chose to graze buffaloes, and thereby toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dehradun, Nov 28, 2023: Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 28 led the nation to rejoice over the evacuation of 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi after 17 days. “I am relieved and happy to learn that allContinue Reading
By Midhun J Francis Rome, Nov 28, 2023: In a digital age where the first message on our mobile devices often carries weighty information, the morning communication from Jesuit Father Stan Alla of Delhi’s Vidyajyoti College of Theology about a courageous girl named Sirisha in Telangana caught my attention. HerContinue Reading
