By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Feb 4, 2020: Father Varkey Kattarath, founder of the Vincentian Congregation, will be declared a Servant of God, the first stage in the four-phase canonization process, on February 5. The function will be held at 11 am in the congregation’s headquarters in Edappally, a suburbContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Feb 4, 2020: “Am I taking your time, sister?” a 75-year-old gentleman said, smiling, after he had been talking to us for an hour. When he entered our store, he was limping and looked tired. “Not at all. We are here for you,” the sister answeredContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb.4, 2020: There is no case of “love jihad” in Kerala, the Centre said in Parliament on Tuesday in response to a question about whether the government was aware of the observation of Kerala High Court on the issue. The Union ministry of home affairs made the remarksContinue Reading
Manila, Feb. 4, 2020: Father Fernando Suarez, the controversial “healing priest” of the Philippines, died of a massive heart attack in a tennis court. Suarez, a fan of tennis star Rafael Nadal, collapsed while playing his third singles set at Manila’s Alabang Country Club on the opening day of theContinue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi, Feb 4, 2020: A group of Catholic religious has expressed solidarity with the women protesters of Shaheen Bagh in the national capital. Around 25 Catholic priests and nuns from Delhi led by Presentation Sister Anastasia Gill on February 2 spent a day with the womenContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, Feb 4, 2020: Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao on February 4 reminded young Catholics that they are the “now” of the Church called to serve society and the nation. “In every state we have had some heroes and heroines who stood against all odds for theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, Feb 4, 2020: Sister Mariam Anupa Kujur is the first member of the Daughters of St. Anne, a Ranchi-based congregation, to receive doctorate in canon law. On Feb 3, Sister Kujur defended her dissertation at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. Her thesis was on “RightsContinue Reading
Ram Puniyani New Delhi, Feb. 4, 2020: As democracy is seeping in slowly all over the world, there is an organization which is monitoring the degree of democracy in the individual countries, The Economist Intelligence Unit. As such in each country there are diverse factors which on one hand workContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Feb 4, 2020: The Indian Museum Kolkata celebrated its 206th birthday with an evening of cultural and academic events. The 2-hour celebrations on February 2 started with renowned Baul singer Parvathy Baul entertaining guests with Bengal’s unique folk songs – Baul geet. Students of Bharat SevaContinue Reading
Kaduna, Feb 03, 2020: A Nigerian seminarian kidnapped with three others in Nigeria has been murdered by his abductors. Michael Nnadi, aged 18, was separated from the others along with the wife of a medical doctor, Philip Atagi, and killed by the bandits who took them hostage and demanded ransoms.Continue Reading
