Gurdaspur, September 4, 2019: At least 21 people have died and dozens are feared trapped after a massive explosion took place on September 4 at an unauthorized firecracker manufacturing factory in a densely-populated residential area in Punjab’s Gurdaspur. The incident took place around 4 pm at the factory located inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, September 4, 2019: Three Indians are among 60 delegates attending the 11th general chapter of the Daughters of St Paul that begins September 5 at Ariccia in Italy. “Arise, Go on your Journey Trusting in the Promise” is the theme of the chapter that takesContinue Reading
By Adolf Washington Bengaluru, September 4, 2019: Archbishop Justin Welby, the spiritual head of the Anglican Church, was on September 3 felicitated at a public program at Bishop Cotton Boy’s School in Bengaluru. Archbishop Welby is on a pastoral visit to India. Catholic Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore, a specialContinue Reading
Ireland, Sept 3,2019: The Catholic Church in Ireland has confirmed that a woman who was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis experienced a complete healing of all her symptoms at Knock shrine in September 1989. The cure of Marion Carroll 30 years ago is the first officially recognized healing associated withContinue Reading
Sept. 3, 2019: Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, funded a project at Bosco Gramin Vikas Kendra, located in Maharashtra, India, to teach youth English language lessons. The goal was to help these young students learn the English language, introduce them to leadership skillsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hong Kong, September 3, 2019: Geneva-based International Christian Organisation of the Media (ICOM) has chosen the Sunday Examiner of Hong Kong for this year’s Titus Brandsma Award, an international recognition for promoting dialogue. The English newspaper was established in 1946 as a media activity of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mayurbhanj, September 3, 2019: About 5,000 people attended the 20th death anniversary of Father Arul Doss who was killed by a fundamentalist mob in a remote village of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. Christians and others from far and wide attended Mass on September 2 at Jamabani villageContinue Reading
Washington, September 3, 2019: President Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Shireen Mathews as a judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of California. If confirmed, Matthews will be the first Asian Pacific American woman and first Indian-American to serve as an Article III federal judge in theContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept3, 2019: As India reached one step closer to historic moon mission as lander ‘Vikram’ separated from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, 22-year-old Heidi Saadiya from Kerala was also making history. Saadiya, who made her debut as a reporter on September 2, is the first transgender broadcast journalist from the southern IndianContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 3, 2019: Jesuit Father Felix Raj, vice-chancellor of St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata, received the prestigious 2019 Sankalp Award, “Educationist of the Year” from Javed Khan, minister, Government of West Bengal at JW Marriot hotel on September 1, in the presence of Industrialists HP Budhia,Continue Reading
