By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Secunderabad, Feb 24, 2025: Montfort Brother Varghese Theckanath is on a journey to make the voice of the voiceless heard in the main stream society. “Many interesting things happen among them, but only when a misfortune happens, their stories are reported,” bemoans Brother Theckanath, a grassroots activistContinue Reading
Rome, Feb 22, 2023: Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not in danger of death but is not yet cured, one of his doctors, Sergio Alfieri, has said. “Is he out of danger? No. But if the question is ‘is he in danger ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Old Goa, Feb 21, 2025: A two-day meeting in Goa has reaffirmed the Church’s commitment to migrant care and advocacy, urging dioceses and religious congregations to become protagonists of change in fostering a more inclusive and compassionate society. “The members of the Church must become signsContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Chennai, February 20, 2025 – Member of Parliament Derek O’Brien delivered a powerful speech at Loyola College’s centenary celebrations, marking World Social Justice Day, February 20. He honored Jesuit contributions to education, justice, and democracy, dedicating his address to Fr. Jerome D’Souza and Fr. Stan Swamy andContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Feb 20, 2025: A few days ago, I watched a YouTube video on the pathetic conditions of the homeless people and the Night Shelters in Delhi. A few contradictions can be seen in every country. But in India we live amid contradictions everywhere. Delhi beingContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, Feb 20, 2025: A schoolteacher’s death by suicide in Kerala has raised questions about the functioning of Church-managed aided schools in the southern Indian state. On February 19, Aleena Benny was found dead in her residence at Kattipara, a parish under the diocese of Thamarassery, 42Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Talapady, Feb 20, 2025: Father Gregory Pereira, a priest of Mangalore diocese in southern India, is called different names in parishes he has served. In Bantwal, he was “Papaya Father,” and in Narampady, “Kumbalakai Father.” In Talapady where he now serves, he is “Dragon Father.” The parishionersContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 19, 2025: Catholics in India have joined their counterparts across the world to pray for Pope Francis, who has been undergoing treatment for double pneumonia in a Rome hospital. Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, on FebruaryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Itanagar, Feb 19, 2025: Thousands of Christians in Arunachal Pradesh are protesting the northeastern Indian state’s move to implement a 1978 law that bans religious conversions. They are led by the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF), an ecumenical forum, that organized an eight-hour hunger strike on FebruaryContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Chennai, Feb 18, 2025: Mithra G Augustine, a former principal of Madras Christian College and director of the Ecumenical Christian Center, has died in Chennai. He was 95. The death occurred in the early hours of February 18 at a Chennai hospital. Mithra was born on JuneContinue Reading
