By Matters India Reporter Patna, Aug 10, 2020: A webinar organized by a Jesuit a college and tribal organization in Patna, Bihar, has urged young people of India’s indigenous communities to seek an entrepreneurial career. “It is better to be a job creator than being an employment seeker,” Patrick Barla,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 10, 2020: India’s leading philanthropists have come together to introduce a collaborative to ensure safety, security, and mobility for vulnerable migrant families across the country. The Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC) aims to reach out to more than 10 million migrant workers and their familiesContinue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi, Aug 10, 2020: The Delhi-based Jesuit-managed Vidyajyoti College of Theology on August 10 opened its new academic session urging its students to seek answers to the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and brute majoritarianism of the ruling elite. Archbishop Anil J T Couto ofContinue Reading
By Shalini Lobo Kozhikode, Aug 9, 2020: A church in Kerala’s Kozhikode district has been turned into a temporary relief camp after hundreds of people, mostly tribals, sought refuge there following a landslide in the hills of Kakkayam. The August 7 landslide destroyed a portion of the road, the onlyContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Aug 9, 2020: Three significant observances mark August 9 every year: the anniversary of the ‘Quit India Movement,’ the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki and the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Though each of these observances have their own specificity, thereContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, August 9, 2020: A Catholic bishop in Arunachal Pradesh on August 9 appealed young people in the northeastern Indian state to give up drug addiction and help create a better society and Church. “Our youth in most parts of the northeastern region, need to rise aboveContinue Reading
Vatican City, Aug. 9, 2020: Following an explosion that killed more than 150 people in Beirut, international Catholic groups have responded by providing health services and necessities to the victims. At least sixteen Catholic organizations, including Catholic Relief Services and Caritas International, have responded to the Aug. 4 explosion atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 9, 2020: Activists working among tribal communities in India on August 9 joined their counterparts around the world to observe the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The Indians marked the occasion with a series of virtual talks and discussions from AugustContinue Reading
Virginia, Aug 9, 2020: The head of a large Christian university in the US has taken an indefinite leave of absence after being asked to by its board of trustees. On August 7, Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, announced that the leave of absence of its president and chancellor JerryContinue Reading
San Salvador, Aug 9, 2020: A Catholic priest has been shot to death along a road in El Salvador and church authorities on August 8 called for investigation of the slaying. The church celebrated a Mass on August 8 for Father Ricardo Antonio Cortez, who was rector at the seminaryContinue Reading
