By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Aug 24, 2020: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, has urged his people to observe lent for seven days from September 1 to seek divine assistance to fight the coronavirus pandemic that continues to wreak havoc in the world, especially in India. TheContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Aug 24, 2020: The intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of the Church leadership is exposed every time the final statement of the Syro-Malabar Synod of Bishops is published. The major focus of the previous Synod held in January 2020 was about ‘love jihad’ which brought much criticismContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Aug 23, 2020: A Kolkata artist has come up with a new genre song dedicated to Mother Teresa of Calcutta to mark the saint’s 110th birth anniversary on August 26.. The new genre is called Folktronica – a type of music comprising various elements ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 23, 2020: Bloomsbury India has withdrawn the publication of a book on the 2020 Delhi riots following online uproar. “In view of very recent events including a virtual pre-publication launch organized without our knowledge by the authors, with participation by parties of whom the publishers would notContinue Reading
By Percival Holt Faridabad, August 23, 2020: The National Youth Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India has decided to address the mental wellbeing of young people amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In these times of uncertainty, the commission is committed to paying attention to the psychological and mentalContinue Reading
By Vallari Sanzgiri Chennai, Aug 23, 2020: The past few months have been peppered with news articles regarding the public transport sector’s help in providing emergency rides during the lockdown period. Auto drivers, especially women, in metropolitan cities such as Thane and Chennai, have been hailed for joining essential-service-workers andContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 23, 2020: A young Dr Ashley Franclin, mother of a two-year-old child, is among the first batch of experts being trained as part of the recently formed ‘Covid Brigade’ to help Kerala tackle an anticipated coronavirus surge from next month, when, according to officials, up to 10,000 freshContinue Reading
By Biju Veticad Kochi, Aug 23, 2020: The Syro-Malabar Church ended its 28th synod calling upon its people to help the nation increase its productivity and encourage agricultural and industrial activities. As many as 61 bishops from around the world attended the August 19-21 synod held through videoconference because ofContinue Reading
Washington D.C., Aug 22, 2020: A rose named for the late Pope St. John Paul II has been included in a renovation of the White House Rose Garden. The Pope John Paul II rose, a white tea rose cultivar, is included in a redesign of the Rose Garden overseen byContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 22, 2020: A forum for Catholic nuns, brothers and priests practicing as lawyers says time has come for the self-examination of the Supreme Court of India. “It is the right time for the Apex Court for its self-examination,” the National Lawyers Forum ofContinue Reading
