Chandigarh, Dec. 23, 2019: After 38 years, the bell atop Shimla’s landmark Christ Church on the Ridge will ring in Christmas. “We had been listening to the bell and the chimes since childhood but they stopped ringing 38 years ago. The church did not have adequate funds for repair,” saysContinue Reading
Miao, December 21 : The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference (FABC) has appointed Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao Diocese, Arunachal Pradesh, to lead the Office of Evangelization in Asia for a period of three years starting from 1 January 2020. The appointment of Bishop PK, as he is fondly calledContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Dec 23, 2019: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the national body of the Latin rite bishops in the country, will open extension of its secretariat in Goa. Shanti Sadan (house of peace) is coming up at Benaulim, nearly 40 km south ofContinue Reading
By Mohua Das Mumbai, Dec 23, 2019: “And oh, for Christmas dinner/Don’t you think it would be swell/ If by some good luck or fortune/ Or by some magical spell/ We would find ourselves in Goa/ With a bottle of cajel/ And toddy-leavened sannas/ To go with Sorpotel/ Sorpotel sorpotelContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec. 22, 2019: Mumbai’s famous Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount on December 21 witnessed a unique celebration: four priests of Bombay archdiocese celebrated 258 years of their combined priesthood. While Monsignor Nereus Rodrigues and Father Philip Lobo celebrated 70th anniversary of their ordination, Rodrigues’Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Dec 22, 2019: In a Christmas message addressed to “all my brothers and sisters” Myanmar’s cardinal has appealed to both his countrymen and international community to “to accompany this nation of fledgling democracy” as all stakeholders are trying to recast a new Myanmar. “More thanContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec 22, 2019: Long before Christianity reached many parts of Europe, it came to Kerala along the thriving spice trade routes crossing the Arabian Sea. Today, about 7 million people, a fifth of Kerala’s population, call themselves St. Thomas Christians after Jesus’ apostle, who manyContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Calcutta, Dec 20, 2019: This refers to December 19 report captioned “Dayal, Cedric among Hundreds detained for protesting CAA.” John Dayal and Father Cedric Prakash were arrested in Delhi and Ahmedabad respectively, while doing peaceful demonstration, along with others, against the Citizens’ Amendment Act (CAA), which wasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 20, 2019: More than 200 Christian leaders from across India have condemned the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, and “brutal repression” of protests by youth and civil society against the legislation. “We express our solidarity with the students and others who have been grievouslyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 20, 2019: Jesus was born with questionable identities of citizenship, place of origin and even parenthood, points out Father George Pattery, the head of more than 4,000 Jesuits in India, where a recent amendment to the citizenship law has provoked countrywide uproar. “InContinue Reading
