By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 6, 2019: James David Murray, a Christian businessman who was blacklisted and denied entry by the Indian government in June 2015, was finally able to return to India on September 4. This was possible after the federal Ministry of Home Affairs in JuneContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Goeka Baria, September 6, 2019: Until a decade ago, Hatu Devi could not even think of going to a grocery shop near her house. The resident of Jalimpura village of Banswara district in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan had to depend on her husband or otherContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Mananthavady, September 6, 2019: The Franciscan Clarist Congregation, a 130-year-old indigenous congregation in India, a month ago dismissed Sr. Lucy Kalappura, a member, for violating the vows of poverty and obedience. It gave her 10 days to appeal to the Vatican against the order, which she did.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, September 5, 2019: Does this question shock you? It should! Over the last couple of years I have been in regular correspondence with Rev Dr Valson Thampu. After retiring as principal of the prestigious St Stephen’s College, Delhi, he is now settled in Kerala. But he isContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, September 5, 2019: Arunachal Pradesh has a literacy rate of 66.95 percent as per the 2011 census, with 73.69 percent being men and 59.57 percent women. In 2001, literacy rate in Arunachal Pradesh stood at 54.34 percent of which male and female were 63.83 percent andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kannur, September 5, 2019: Hundreds of men and women belong to various Catholic religious congregations have come to the streets of Kannur, a major city in Kerala, to protest what they said were biased media reports that tarnish their image. “Do not belittle the life weContinue Reading
(ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE) — Pope Francis acknowledged his growing opposition within the conservative right-wing of the U.S. Catholic Church and said in off-hand remarks aboard the papal plane Wednesday it is “an honor if the Americans attack me.” Francis commented on critics of his papacy when he received aContinue Reading
Frankfurt, September 4, 2019: A Malayali association based in Frankfurt was forced to remove a beef dish from a food festival the consulate-general of India had organized after supporters of a Hindu right-wing group threatened to create a “ruckus.” The Kerala Samajam Frankfurt — an organization of Malayalis in theContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, September 4, 2019: The Universal Solidarity Movement (USM) of Indore honored Sister Baskalin of Maharashtra as the best principal and Avaya Tripati of West Bengal as the best teacher on September 4. The USM instituted the two awards in 2007 for fostering the memory of SisterContinue Reading
Hong Kong, September 4, 2019: Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam on September 4 announced that the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations, bowing to one of the protesters’ demands in the hope of ending the increasingly violent unrest. But a pro-government lawmaker warnedContinue Reading
