Kochi, July 20, 2020: The Syro-Malabar Church has a new center in Rome to serve its faithful and coordinate activities in the eternal city. Cardinal Angelo de Donatis, the vicar general Pope Francis for the diocese of Rome, issued a decree on July 8 to hand over Santa Anastasia MinorContinue Reading
Kolkata, July 19, 2020: Bengal’s National Highway 31, which connects state capita Kolkata to Siliguri, turned into a battlefield on July 19 after locals blocked the road to protest the alleged gangrape and murder of a school girl. The protest took place at Chopra, around 500 km north of Kolkata.Continue Reading
By Azmathulla Shariff Bengaluru, July 18, 2020: As a journalist with a regional news channel, I was a mute recipient of the Coronavirus crisis news like other journalistic fraternity across India. Initially, the pandemic impact was ignored by the Government of India as they were busy toppling the legally electedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, July 18, 2020: Shaison P Ouseph represented India at the third International Youth Summit 2020 (online), conducted by WSDA (Workplace Skills Development Academy), New Zealand. Shaison is an internationally acclaimed, award winning documentary filmmaker based in Mumbai, and is the course head for Film TelevisionContinue Reading
Guwahati, July 18,2020: The Council of Nagalim Churches, a body under the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), has said that the “constant” raids, harassment, arrest and killing of the outfit’s members had put the ongoing peace talks at stake. The NSCN (I-M) on July 15 referred to the peaceContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 18, 2020: A committee deputed by the Delhi Minority Commission to probe the recent Delhi riots has blamed the “divisive and communal speeches” of certain leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the violence that killed at least 53 people. The nine-member committee headed by M RContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, July 18, 2020: An online talent hunt organized by the Church in northeastern India has received an overwhelming response from the young people of the region, the organizers claim. The North East Regional Youth Council (NERYC), the regional youth wing of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, July 18, 2020: The premier healthcare organization of the Catholic Church in India has announced the Disability Award to honor its founder Sister Mary Glowrey, an Australian. The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI), which set up the award in partnership with the Liliane FondsContinue Reading
By Doctor Liza Jose Johannesburg, July 18, 2020: I have just survived Covid-19. The 14-day fight against the tiny little ‘virus villain’ has taught me many a lesson. First, my heart is full of gratitude to God and for so many people who stood with me in those tough days.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Itanagar, July 17, 2020: Women groups in Arunachal Pradesh have condemned the alleged molestation of a young female medical student by a Salesian priest in Itanagar, capital of the northeastern Indian state. The 22-year-old woman has alleged that Father Cyriac Pulinthanathumalayil molested her during her stayContinue Reading
