By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 25, 2025: Pope Francis on January 25 accepted the resignation of Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the archbishop of Bombay, and elevated Coadjutor Bishop John Rodrigues as his successor. Cardinal Gracias, who turned 80 on December 24, 2024, had submitted his resignation five years ago, butContinue Reading
By Matter India Reporter Chennai, Jan 25, 2025: A delegation of the Migrants Assistance Information Network has sought the support of the Tamil Nadu State Minorities Commission for the welfare of the migrant communities in the southern Indian state. The delegation met Jesuit Father Joe Arun, the commission chairman onContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Jan 24, 2025: The Vatican on January 24 announced the appointment of Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad as the prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Simultaneously, he will continue to be the coordinator of Apostolic Journeys at the Secretary of State. The 51-year-old cardinal belongsContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Jan 23, 2025: I was deeply disturbed while watching a video in WhatsApp sent by a professor in Kerala. It shows a Plus One student in a government higher secondary school at Anakkara in Palakkad issuing a death threat to a teacher. The student’s angerContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Jan 22, 2025: A Capuchin seminarian, who was arrested six weeks ago in a sex scandal, has been cleared of the allegation after a DNA test, his provincial says. The police in Eluru, Telangana, have arrested another man in connection with the case of impregnating aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Jan 22, 2025: Bhubaneswar is all set to welcome the country’s Latin rite bishops, who will come to the capital city of Odisha, an eastern Indian state, for their annual plenary assembly. As many as 204 members of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of IndiaContinue Reading
By John Singarayar Mumbai, Jan 21, 2025: The provocative remark by L&T chairman S N Subrahmanyan advocating a 90-hour workweek has ignited a fierce debate among India’s business leaders. Prominent figures like Harsh Goenka responded, suggesting sarcastically to “rename Sunday to ‘Sun-duty.’” The discussion follows the call of Infosys’ NarayanaContinue Reading
By John Singarayar Mumbai, Jan 21, 2025: In a development that has sent shockwaves through India’s religious and political landscape, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent statements about ‘ghar vapsi’ (reconversion) of Adivasi communities have sparked a nationwide controversy. Speaking in Indore on January 13, Bhagwat made theContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Jan 17, 2025: It is late evening, the day after Uttarayan (January 15), traditionally called ‘vasi uttarayan.’ It has been a dull, cloudy day; the wind has been fairly good though. Since yesterday thousands have been on building –tops, flying their kites and many others runningContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Jan 17, 2025: Two industrialists have become the talk among the social media, both in India and in abroad. One person is N R Narayana Murthy of Infosys and the other is S N Subrahmanyan of Larsen & Toubro (L&T). Months after Infosys co-founder NarayanaContinue Reading
