By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Oct 23, 2023: The Conference of Catholic Bishops in India (CCBI) has organized a public strategic planning workshop for the Church in Odisha to help it focus on Synodality, Vatican-II documents, and New Evangelization in multi-religious and cultural contexts. The October 16-18 workshop “was to revisitContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai, Oct 21, 2023: “Missionary work is not something that is reserved for a select few individuals. It is the vocation of all Christians,” says Father Ambrose Pichaimuthu, national director, Pontifical Mission Organizations. If one could cite a single concrete example of the direct relationship ofContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Guwahati, Oct 21,2023: Sister Rose Paite, a native of the violence-hit Manipur state in northeastern India, works for the prevention of human trafficking, especially women and children from the tribal communities of the region. The 60-year-old nun is in charge of the social apostolate in the MissionaryContinue Reading
By A J Philip New Delhi, Oct 21, 2023: I was at a retreat center in Indore, attending a three-day clergy conference, where I was a resource person when I received the invitation for the preview of the film ‘The Face of the Faceless’ at the Films Division auditorium inContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Kochi, Oct 21, 2023: Catholic nuns in a southern Indian archdiocese have a new mission: to keep faith alive while priests and laypeople clash with bishops over liturgy. “Our parish church had remained closed for several months because of the dispute,” Sr. Graceline Jose, who serves St.Continue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Basanti, Oct 21, 2023: On October 22, the Catholic mission in the Sundarbans island of West Bengal will complete 150 years. On that day in 1873, the mission opened its first parish, Basanti, by Jesuit Belgian missionary Father Edmund Delplace (1841-1927) and a professor at St. Xavier’sContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Oct 20, 2023: The Synod on Synodality, taking place in Rome through October has captured the attention of reform groups from all over the world. The 3-year process that began in October 2021 will conclude in 2024. Sadly, in Asia only a sprinkling of groups speakContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Oct 20, 2023: The sudden war between Israel and Hamas Terrorists and the horrendous situation prevailing in Gaza and parts of Israel are really heart-breaking. Just last year we witnessed the war between Russia and Ukraine. Why war in the first place? Is it forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 17, 2023: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on October 17 welcomed the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages. The apex court’s “decision reaffirms the institution of traditional marriage, rooted in the sacred teachings and values held byContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Siliguri, October 17, 2023 : Salesian College (Autonomous) Siliguri organized a National Education Policy 2020 session for school principals of North Bengal on October 17, 2023. Principals or their representatives from 10 schools participated in the event held on the theme : Changing Contours of Education :Continue Reading
