By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 20, 2019: It may take 71 years to bridge the gender gap in South Asia, says World Economic Forum (WEF). The forum publishes the Global Gender Gap Index every year. The index for this year – the 14th edition — was published onContinue Reading
By Father Raymond J de Souza This Advent marks the 50 anniversary of the liturgical reform — the “novus ordo” or “new order” of Mass — after the Second Vatican Council. We get used to what becomes routine, but there was nothing routine about a new order of Mass. ToContinue Reading
Tripoli, Dec 19, 2019: In the Libyan capital Tripoli, where war casts a long shadow over everyday life, a church offers something of a sanctuary for Christian migrants like Nigerian engineer Jonathan Joshua. “I find life very difficult but here at the church… I forget I am in Libya, ifContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter New Delhi, December 18, 2019 — At the time of nationwide student protests questioning national policies, calling to implement constitutional values in spirit, Poledu Learning Foundation (Policy Talks) launched THINK Policy!, a short certificate course in public policy for teenagers on December 13. Policy Talks registered asContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 19, 2019: John Dayal and Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash were among hundreds of human rights activists on December 19 detained in various parts of India for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which they say is divisive. The Delhi Police detained Dayal,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mananthavady, Dec 19, 2019: A court in Kerala on December 19 allowed a Catholic nun dismissed from her congregation to remain at her convent. The Mananthavady Munsiff Court that heard the petition from Sister Lucy Kalappura gave an injunction to her ouster from the convent andContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Dec. 19, 2019: Six years ago when I accompanied Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati (now retired) to visit some villages under the archdiocese he warned me, “Expect the unexpected.” I was surprised and tried to hard understand the wisdom behind his cryptic words. As the daysContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, Dec. 19, 2019: The Hindi movie, Dharam, directed by Bhavana Thalwar, has brought out brilliantly the meaning of true religion as seeing God in human beings. Pandit Chaturvedi, the main character of the movie, adopts a boy child who was brought to his house by herContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore Kozhikode, Dec. 19, 2019: For almost 1,500 years to this day a certain amalgam of sandalwood paste is applied on a wooden stump as an annual ritual at the shrine of Lokanarkavu Devi temple situated in the hamlet of Memunda, in Vadakara which is an hour driveContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec 19, 2019: HIV-AIDS has been controlled to an encouraging degree because of a sustained but focused multi-pronged strategy, claims the head of the program to contain the dreaded disease in the country. ‘’It seems today, we are in the last lap of containing thisContinue Reading
