By Matters India Reporter Chennai, August 30, 2019: The national consultative body meeting of young people organized by the National Youth Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) was held on August 23 at St. Thomas Mount Chennai. The meeting was chaired by Bishop Soosai Nazarene, theContinue Reading
By Vindu Goel and Karan Deep Singh New Delhi, Aug. 30, 2019: It’s the morning rush hour at Nawada metro station in India’s capital, and dozens of electric rickshaws are jockeying to get through the narrow gate into the parking lot. Once inside, each one stops to let its fourContinue Reading
Avinash Giri When he heard reports that a Hindu mob was attacking Christians in his community, Parikhita Nayak fled his village in Kandhamal, Orissa (eastern India) along with his wife and two daughters – both less than ten years of age – but he didn’t know what lay ahead. OnContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 30, 2019: The Vatican Congregation for Oriental Churches has expressed grave concern over the “sad events” in the management of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly in Kerala, India. The “attitudes of some priests and laity have provoked and continue to cause a lot ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, August 30, 2019: The apex body of the Syro-Malabar Church has elected a new major archiepiscopal vicar for Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese, a post created with the Vatican approval to end ongoing controversies in the Oriental Catholic rite. Cardinal George Alencherry will continue to head the archdiocese,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranaghat, August 29, 2019: Until recently, Ranu Mandal was singing for her livelihood at Ranaghat railway station of Nadia district in West Bengal. Now the 59-year-old woman has become a celebrity in social media. The person who was instrumental for her overnight limelight in social mediaContinue Reading
Matters India reporter New Delhi, August 29, 2019: At the Community Radio Awards ceremony organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with One World Foundation India, 3 Church run community radio stations bagged 5 out of 30 awards given under five categories for the years 2018 andContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, August 29, 2019: The centenary celebrations of All India Catholic Union (AICU) were held on August 24 in New Delhi.While reading reports about the event, certain questions flashed in my mind. Arvind Kejriwal, the head of Aam Aadmi Party and the chief Minister of Delhi,Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Manila, August 28, 2019: On August 27, the Kottayam Principal Sessions Court announced a landmark judgement convicting 10 persons to double life sentences for the death of Kevin P Joseph some 15 months ago. The 23-year-old Dalit Christian man was abducted and murdered on May 26, 2018,Continue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata, August 28, 2019: A secular group in West Bengal state’s South 24 Parganas district has put up a statue of Mother Teresa at the heart of a village market to uphold secularism. An inter-religious gathering on August 27 watched as the statue of the world renownedContinue Reading
