By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 5, 2025: John Dayal, a veteran journalist-turned human rights activist, was among three people chosen on March 5 for fighting for the cause of civil liberties and religious freedom. The annual Quaide Milleth Award, established in 2015, is given by the Chennai-based QuaideContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, March 5, 2025: Every year we celebrate Lent, Easter, Advent, Christmas, other feasts as prescribed in the liturgical calendar and parochial feasts as decided at the parish level. Now the Catholic Church is in the jubilee year. Mega level celebrations have already started and theContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, March 2, 2025: Around 55 schools in Goa, western India, have signed up to take the copies of a newly launched newspaper for children. The “Go Unmute” aims “to spark their curiosity among children and make them fall in love with reading again,” says Lajawanti D’Souza,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Feb 28, 2025: The Mumbai Press Club joined media persons to mourn the death of Ashley D’Mello, a stalwart journalist who covered a wide spectrum of issues during a career spanned over four decades. D’Mello died after a brief illness in the evening of FebruaryContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Feb 28, 2025: The term “Love Jihad” is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. Jihad is derived from the Arabic word Jahada that literally means accomplishing a task or attaining a goal by strength and force, be it for propagating good or fighting evil. Assertion by forceContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 25, 2025: A monthlong march of unorganized laborers in India has ended in the national capital demanding social protection, justice and dignity for their more than 500 million brethren. The Shramik Samman Yatra (Journey for the dignity of labor) that began in KanyakumariContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Secunderabad, Feb 24, 2025: Montfort Brother Varghese Theckanath is on a journey to make the voice of the voiceless heard in the main stream society. “Many interesting things happen among them, but only when a misfortune happens, their stories are reported,” bemoans Brother Theckanath, a grassroots activistContinue Reading
Rome, Feb 22, 2023: Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not in danger of death but is not yet cured, one of his doctors, Sergio Alfieri, has said. “Is he out of danger? No. But if the question is ‘is he in danger ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Old Goa, Feb 21, 2025: A two-day meeting in Goa has reaffirmed the Church’s commitment to migrant care and advocacy, urging dioceses and religious congregations to become protagonists of change in fostering a more inclusive and compassionate society. “The members of the Church must become signsContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Chennai, February 20, 2025 – Member of Parliament Derek O’Brien delivered a powerful speech at Loyola College’s centenary celebrations, marking World Social Justice Day, February 20. He honored Jesuit contributions to education, justice, and democracy, dedicating his address to Fr. Jerome D’Souza and Fr. Stan Swamy andContinue Reading
