By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, September 11, 2019: An interfaith prayer for peace and harmony was held at the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on September 10, commonly known as ‘Inspiration Day.’ Father Francis Sunil Rosario, director of Diocesan Commission for Dialogue and Ecumenism, said September 10Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, September 11, 2019: A Jesuit junior college in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand remains shut even a week after it was attacked by a mob. “We cannot open the college. Everything has been destroyed,” Jesuit Father Thomas Kuzhively, secretary of St. John Berchmans InterContinue Reading
(A sequel to “Is Pope Francis a Heretic?”) By chhotebhai Kanpur, September 11, 2019: Perish the man, or perish the thought? The first part is not entirely improbable, and the second is most desirable. What is the probability of Pope Francis being assassinated? Going by some trends in the Church,Continue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Sept. 10, 2019: Stating that his visit to India was “prayer, pilgrimage, and pastoral,” the Archbishop of Canterbury – leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion – took time to encourage political leaders to maintain the country’s commitment to religious freedom. On Sept. 8, after celebrating a serviceContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Kalimpong, Sept 10, 2019: Fr. Edouard Gressot, the last surviving Canons Regular missionary who worked in Kalimpong under Darjeeling diocese and was associated with St. Augustine’s School, Kalimpong, expired on September 9, 2019 at St. Maurice Abbey, Switzerland. Fr. Edouard Gressot was born on January 17, 1922.Continue Reading
Rajamala, September 10, 2019: A one-year-old toddler fell off a moving jeep but survived the fall and was reunited with its mother hours later in Kerala. Rohita, the infant, fell from her mother Sathyabhama’s lap at 5th mile checkpost in Rajamala at around 9:30 pm on September 7 as theirContinue Reading
Jakarta, September 10, 2019: Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla on September 9 welcomed some inter-religious figures from Myanmar at his office in Jakarta, and held a discussion on tolerance, harmony, and situation of interfaith people in both countries. The event was held through cooperation between the government and the IndonesiaContinue Reading
Ranchi, September 10, 2019: Jharkhand Police have dropped the murder charge against 11 accused in the death of 22-year-old Tabrez Ansari attacked by a mob four months ago in the eastern Indian state’s Saraikela-Kharsawan area. Citing the “final post-mortem report” that Ansari died of “cardiac arrest,” and that it wasContinue Reading
Crown Heights, September 10, 2019: Missionaries from the Institute of the Incarnate Word have been pounding the pavement this September to invite Brooklynites around St. Teresa of Avila, Crown Heights, and Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph’s, Prospect Heights, to church. The group of 40 religious brothers and sisters, most of themContinue Reading
Fr. Adolf Washington Bangalore, Sept 8, 2019: Over 3000 Catholics, including at least 300 priests and religious gathered at Christ School auditorium, September 8th evening for the consecration of Mandya Diocese’ (Syro-Malabar) new bishop The Rev Sebastian Adayanthrathu’s installation. He was installed by Cardinal The Most Rev George Alencherry inContinue Reading
