Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 9, 2019: Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Church Cardinal Mar Cleemis has highlighted the relevance of family values for the betterment of society. Delivering the inaugural address at the second Major Archiepiscopal Assembly of the church here on Oct. 8, he said family values and religious belief wereContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes The Seven Sister States of India is a popular term for the 7 contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura prior to the inclusion of the state of Sikkim into the North Eastern Region of India. They share borders with China, Myanmar,Continue Reading
By Fr. Elvis Fernandes Pilar, October 9, 2019: A visiting bishop from Mauritania has commended the Pilar missionaries from India for their loving and dedicated service to the nomads of Sahara. Bishop Martin Happe of Nouakchott, who was on a visit to the headquarters of the Society of Pilar, saidContinue Reading
Palmerston North, October 9, 2019: Catholics of Palmerston North diocese in New Zealand have questioned the circumstances leading to the acceptance of the resignation of their Bishop Charles Drennan by Pope Francis. Pope Francis on October 5 accepted Bishop Drennan’s resignation after a young woman complained about his unacceptable behaviorContinue Reading
Nagpur, Oct. 8, 2019: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today described lynching as a “Western construct”, saying it shouldn’t be used to defame the country. Speaking at the annual Dusshera event in Nagpur, Mr Bhagwat said “… it is not that only a certain community targets people. The reverse also happens”.Continue Reading
Eight years before Charles Lindbergh’s epic non-stop, solo flight from New York to Paris, the British aviators, John Alcock and Arthur Brown, made the first transatlantic flight in June 1919, from St John’s in Newfoundland to Ireland. It was a milestone in the history of aviation. Alcock and Brown wereContinue Reading
Kochi, Oct. 7, 2019: A group of believers is kneeling before the tomb of Blessed Mother Mariam Thresia Chiramel in Puthanchira in Kerala’s Thrissur. Holding the Bible and rosaries in their hands, they pray before the saint in making—Mariam Thresia will be the fourth person to be canonised from Kerala.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pune, October 8, 2019: ‘Saint Romero and Pope Francis: Revolutionaries of Tender Love’ is the latest book of Francis Gonsalves, Gujarat Jesuit priest, theologian, journalist and social activist. Formerly Principal of Vidyajyoti College, Delhi, and now Dean of Theology, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, Gonsalves is also theContinue Reading
Changanacherry, October 8, 2019: An archdiocese in Kerala has expressed serious concern over the “alarming drop in the birthrate of Christians in the southern Indian state. During Kerala’s formation in 1956, Christians were the second largest community in the state. But now they are the third with only 18.38 percentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, October 8, 2019: A world renowned exorcist will be the keynote speaker at the sixth international course on deliverance to be held in Bengaluru, southern India. The Bengaluru-based Light of Christ Covenant Community will organize the October 13-19 annual course where Father Marcello Ghirlando, aContinue Reading
