Bathinda, March 2, 2020: Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on March 1 expressed grave concern over the communal riots in that claimed 42 lives, saying no one could think such incidents would take place after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Appealing all to maintain communal harmony in the country,Continue Reading
New Delhi, March 1, 2020: Pappu Shukla was 7 when he was playing in the street with his older sister. A man who took him to his car and kidnapped him. When he got out of the vehicle, he did not know where he was but was told that heContinue Reading
Vatican City, March 1, 2020: Pope Francis has established a task force “in order to assist the Episcopal Conferences in the preparation and updating of guidelines for the protection of minors.” The intention to form such a group had already been announced by the Pope at last year’s Meeting forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 1, 2020: The diocese of Faridabad on March 1 conducted special prayers in all parishes for the restoration of peace and harmony in the national capital where communal riots killed scores of people and destroyed property worth millions. A day earlier, Archbishop KuriakoseContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Moodbidre, March 1, 2020: A Bengaluru-based Church organization has released a documentary on the impact of its rehabilitation services among those affected by 2004 tsunami. The film, titled “Sumana, Tsunami’s Daughter,” was released on Feb 29 at Moodbidre, near Mangaluru, in connection with an international conference onContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, March 1, 2020: Parishes under Mangalore Catholic diocese on March 1 organizing various programs during Sunday Mass as part of the southern Indian diocese’s observation of “No suicide day.” “Suicide cases have increased in a very alarming way in the region, especially among the young peopleContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, March 1, 2020: The Vatican has for a second time rejected the appeal of a nun who was expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation on “disciplinary grounds” in Kerala. Sister Lucy Kalappura has maintained that the disciplinary action against her was initiated only because she participated in a protestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mananthavady, March 1, 2020: Pope Francis has defrocked a Catholic priest in Kerala who was convicted for raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl, a press note from the Mananthavady diocese said on March 1. Robin Vadakkumchery, who was a priest of the Syro-Malabar diocese, is currentlyContinue Reading
By Felix Antony New Delhi, Feb 29, 2020: The 25th national convention of Christian journalists heard leading media persons in India urging fellow professionals to help fight “truthophobia” that has crept into society. “Everyone is afraid of the truth because it demands action, and action involves pain,” laments Ignatius Gonsalves,Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, February29, 2020 — What once a pair of idealistic young people started out to chase as an utopian dream today has become a movement for humanity – Selfless Love Movement in the City of Joy, Kolkata. They celebrated the movement’s entering adulthood – 18 years onContinue Reading
