Dubai, Jan 8, 2020: A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers on January 8 crashed because of technical problems soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport. All aboard were killed, Iran’s state television said. The Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines burst into flames after theContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 8, 2020: Bharatiya Janata Party president Jagat Prakash Nadda has tried to get the support of Christian community to the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The former student of St Xavier’s School in Patna on January 7 met with around 15 pastors of various Christian denominations inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jan 7, 2020: Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, has drawn flak for receiving a pamphlet distributed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). “The BJP in Ernakulam inaugurated their pro-CAA campaign by distributing the pamphlets toContinue Reading
Kannur, January 7, 2020: A member of the Missionaries of Charity was killed and her three relatives were wounded on January 7 when two cars collided in Kannur district of Kerala. Sister Subhashi, who served in a convent in Mumbai, died on the spot. She was 72. The wounded areContinue Reading
Melbourne, Australia, Jan 5, 2020: As fires throughout parts of Australia continue to worsen, the Archbishop of Melbourne called for prayers and encouraged Catholics to donate to those in need. “On this first weekend of the New Year, we should be focusing on the joy of families, friends and holidays,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, January 7, 2020: Jesuit-run Indian Social Institute (ISI) is organizing a three-day International Consultation on “Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities” from January 17-19. Delegates, who are working in the field of protecting and promoting the human rights of persons with disabilities will attendContinue Reading
Kottayam, Jan 7, 2020: The hearing in the case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, who was accused of allegedly raping a nun, has been deferred to January 25. The hearing was postponed after Bishop Mulakkal failed to appear before Kottayam Additional District Sessions Court on January 6. Instead ofContinue Reading
By Fr Kavin Ward Oh East is East and West is West And never the twain [=two] shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently At God’s great Judgement Seat… When Kipling penned these lines in his Ballad of East and West, he was probably conscious of the gulf betweenContinue Reading
Kolkata, Jan. 6, 2020: The time has come “once again” for Christian schools to make “Indian society more humane and uphold constitutional values”, a bishop said at a service preceding a four-day conclave of the heads of all Anglo-Indian schools in India on Jan.4. “We (Christian schools) have made theContinue Reading
Kohima, Jan. 6, 2020: Kevizelie Pienyü is a successful beekeeper today in Nagaland. Son of Zasilhou Pienyü from Nerhema village, he graduated from Kohima College in 2014. He was one of the recipients of District Level Award for Best Beekeeper 2019 during 2nd Nagaland Honey Bee Day last year underContinue Reading
