By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, November 27, 2019: The Latin Rite bishops of India are to visit Kandhamal, the epicenter of 2008 anti-Christian pogrom in February 2021, say church authorities. Odisha, Eastern Indian state, will host the plenary assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) at theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila, November 27, 2019: A Pentecostal church called the KJC (Kingdom of Jesus Christ) in the Philippines is building the world’s biggest arena which could accommodate up to 70,000 people. Being built with USD 25 million, the KJC King Dome’s construction is 70 percent complete asContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, November 27, 2019: This year St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, celebrates 150 years since its inception. In this sesquicentennial year, one of the many events scheduled was a research seminar on Jesuit initiatives in higher education in South Asia. The seminar was held on Nov 20Continue Reading
Manila, Nov. 27, 2019: Red light bathed the facade of Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila on Wednesday evening as the basilica joined more than 2,000 other churches in the country in observing the global Red Wednesday campaign. First organized by Catholic pastoral aid organization Aid to the Church in NeedContinue Reading
The purest, the most idealistic, the most indomitable of the “planet’s saviors”, the founder of “Extinction Rebellion” Roger Hallam, arrested a few months ago for trying to fly a drone over Heathrow airport to stop air traffic, is now in trouble. In an interview with the German weekly Die Zeit,Continue Reading
By Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas Ranchi, Nov 27, 2019: Not many coupes get the chance to receive blessings in private from the Pope on their wedding anniversary. This was actually what happened to Ofelia and Vepul Kaiser on their 30th wedding anniversary. Two Indian bishops who were in Rome in SeptemberContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Nov 26, 2019: Children of Kandhamal survivors received First Holy Communion on November 24, the feast of Christ the King. About 5,000 Catholics from different parts of Kandhamal gathered at Raikia to celebrate the feast. The main celebrant was Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar. The specialContinue Reading
By Nikhil Asdude, TwoCircles.net “CONSTITUTIONAL MORALITY IS NOT A NATURAL SENTIMENT. IT HAS TO BE CULTIVATED. WE MUST REALISE THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE YET TO LEARN IT. DEMOCRACY IN INDIA IS ONLY A TOP-DRESSING ON AN INDIAN SOIL WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY UNDEMOCRATIC.” DR B.R.AMBEDKAR Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar stood for theContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Nov 26, 2019: Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Indian Salesian abducted in Yemen in March 2016 by a Jihadist group and freed after 18 months, has presented his autobiography, By the Grace of God, in which he recounts his experience of captivity and faith. “Pray, pray, pray.Continue Reading
By Joe Higgins Everyone was joyful at Mithra, St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace Year 10 student Henry Joseph said after returning from an immersion to India in October. Henry, an Australian teenager, spent 14 days in India as part of his Year 10 immersion. There, he discovered India’s friendly and spiritualContinue Reading
