Wellington, Nov 14, 2019: Lawmakers in New Zealand on November 14 voted in favor of making euthanasia legal, paving the way for the issue to be put to voters in a referendum next year. The law, enabling terminally ill people to request a medically assisted death was passed 69 toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov 13, 2019: The US-based National Geographic magazine has honored Kerala’s five “rebel” nuns by featuring them in its November issue. The 131-year-old magazine has hailed the endurance of Missionaries of Jesus Sisters Alphy Pallasseril, Ancitta Urumbil, Anupama Kelamangalathuveli, Josephine Villoonnickal, and Neena Rose inContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Nov 13, 2019: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, has issued a message to participants of the 21st national convention of the Catholic Nurses Guild of India. The prelate hailed health workers as “custodians and servants ofContinue Reading
By Adolf Washington Bangalore, Nov 13, 2019: Sporting a white cap and a cricket jersey, Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore hit the first ball at a cricket match of the priests of his southern Indian archdiocese. The ground of the Holy Ghost Church in Davis Road was filled with priests,Continue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Nov 13, 2019: “Strengthening family bonds” was the theme of the golden jubilee of St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Sambalpur, Odisha. The diocese was established in 1951, but the Church in the area was undeveloped, mostly serving the local marginalized tribal community. However, the diocese experienced huge growth,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Idukki, Nov 13, 2019: A village in the Idukki district of Kerala bid a tearful adieu to a 2-year-old infant girl who was allegedly poisoned to death by her mother and her paramour. Bishop Paul Mullassery of Quilon led the funeral ceremony on November 12 atContinue Reading
Kochi, Nov 13, 2019: The Catholic Church will on November 16 organize a national thanksgiving celebration in connection with the canonization of Mother Mariam Thresia at her home village of Kuzhikkattussery in Kerala’s Thrissur district. Around 30,000 people are scheduled to attend the celebration to be held on the premisesContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov 13, 2019: Air pollution levels in several cities in northern India were higher than the national capital, the Central Pollution Control Board air quality index (AQI) data shows. Since October 1, when the pollution levels in the northern plains started to deteriorate, several northern cities had higherContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov 13, 2019: The Chief Justice of India is a public authority and comes under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Supreme Court ruled November 13 in a landmark judgment. The ruling emphasized that “in a constitutional democracy, judges can’t be above the law.” Chief Justice ofContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila, Nov 13, 2019: Fabian Dawson, a multiple-award-winning journalist, internationally acclaimed author, filmmaker and media expert, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Jack Webster excellence in journalism gala in Canada early November. The Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award by the Jack Webster Foundation based in Vancouver,Continue Reading
