By Matters India Report New Delhi, Jan 22, 2020: A recent international consultation in New Delhi has urged governments to enact laws to abolish all forms of discrimination based on disability. “The states and civil society ought to recognize disability as a form of human diversity and part of humanity,”Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 22, 2020: Every time I read the story of Eli the priest in the Old Testament, I am fascinated by Hannah the desperate woman and the would-be prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1: 9-20, 3 ff). Or am I challenged or touched by them? Relationship inContinue Reading
By Upendra Digal Rome, Jan 22, 2020: My vocation as a priest and studies in Rome for seven months remind me of what Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata often said, “God has not called me to be successful; He called me to be faithful.” Being faithful in my day toContinue Reading
Abuja, Jan 22, 2020: A senior church leader in Nigeria, who was abducted in early January, has reportedly now been killed. Reverend Lawan Andimi, a state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), was taken during a raid in Michika, a town in Nigeria’s Adamawa state. A video wasContinue Reading
Mumbai, Jan 22, 2020: Mumbai girl Zen G. Sadavarte, who shot to fame two years ago when she helped save at least 17 lives, has been selected for the coveted Indian Council for Child Welfare’s National Bravery Award for 2019. Along with her, a boy from Aurangabad, Akash M. KhillareContinue Reading
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh< Jan 22, 2020: Two-year-old Sanket and four-year-old Shubh in Uttar Pradesh were registered as 102 and 104 in their birth certificates, allegedly because their parents did not pay bribe to officials. A court in Bareilly last week ordered the police to file a case against a villageContinue Reading
Mumbai: Students in schools across Maharashtra will have to compulsorily read-out the preamble to the Constitution during their morning assemblies from January 26th onwards, School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said on Tuesday. Reading of the preamble is the part of the “sovereignty of constitution, welfare of all” campaign, a stateContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 21, 2020: In the first 19 days of January, 17 incidents of violence against Christians in India have been reported, says United Christian Forum (UCF), based on the records of its helpline. “Year 2020 has begun well for those who like to harassContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore, Jan 21, 2020: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore on January 21 urged Catholics in his archdiocese to observe a day of reparation after miscreants desecrated sacred Hosts in a church. “I am not only terribly shocked and greatly grieved that desecration was done to theContinue Reading
By Ajoy Chowdhury Calcutta, Jan 21, 2020: The Archdiocesan Family Commission celebrated Pro-life Day on January 19 at St. Aloysius School, Howrah for the whole deanery. Of the 70 participants, were couples, youth and pro-life promoters. Doctors Utpal and Shipra Goswami, a couple from the Health Commission of the ArchdioceseContinue Reading
