Circumstances are difficult for the Christians in our diocese—we often come up against restrictions in the practice of our faith,” said Bishop Stephen Antony Pillai. The 67-year-old prelate heads the Diocese of Tuticorin in southern India. He and 53 other Indian bishops recently met with Pope Francis during an adContinue Reading
Kolkata, Oct. 7, 2019: Religion and government are now identified with each other in India, a situation that prevailed in Europe before the separation of Church and State, Father George Pattery, head of Jesuits in South Asia, said here on Oct. 6. He stressed the need for a “mature, secularContinue Reading
More than 200 incidents of violence against Christians in India have been reported this year, according to the Indian branch of Alliance Defending Freedom. In many cases, the violence arises in response to reports that Christians are forcing conversion on non-Christians. Eleven years ago, fundamentalist Hindus in one Indian stateContinue Reading
Matters India reporter London, Oct. 7, 2019: A Mother Teresa of Calcutta research scholar in the United Kingdom was honoured with a prestigious award from Albanian government in London on 2nd October 2019. The Ambassador of Albania to the UK, His Excellency Qirjako Qirko, handed over the Albanian Nation’s AmbassadorContinue Reading
Old Goa, October 5, 2019: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stressed the need to maintain harmony during his first visit to the headquarters of the Pilar Society, a prominent Catholic religious order in the western Indian state. Highlighting the concept of ‘sarva dharma sama bhava,’ embodying the equality of destinationContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pune, October 5, 2019: Women are restless for justice in the face of economic, political and social systems that produce divisions and inequality in society, says the Indian Christian Women’s Movement. “We see the whipping up of peoples’ fears, and the dismantling of democratic institutions whichContinue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes Pilar, October 5, 2019: Christians should draw values from the Bible to contribute to a good and compassionate society. This was stressed at the opening of a theological consultation in Goa. The Society of Pilar organized the October 3-10 consultation at Pilar Theological College. Archbishop Anil CoutoContinue Reading
By Franklin Rex SJ Delhi, October 5, 2019: More than 400 Catholics from various parishes of Delhi archdiocese joined delegates from all over India at the second annual seminar for the laity organized by the Jesuit-managed Vidyajyoti College. The college’s Distance Education Programme in Theology conducted the October 2 programContinue Reading
By Jose Vallikatt Dear Bishops and elders of the Christian churches of India, While in this week the Catholic Church is commemorating the feast of its great saint Francis of Assisi, the prophet of peace, I am more compelled than inspired to write this letter to you with an undyingContinue Reading
(sequel to “Gandhiji’s Quest for Truth) By chhotebhai Kanpur, October 5, 2019: It’s done and dusted, Mahatma Gandhi’s sesquicentennial birth anniversary. So, we may now conveniently forget him and return to our humdrum lives. After all, no less than the PM has pompously declared rural India to be Open DefecationContinue Reading
