March 28,2019: Religion is often viewed as a force that sows divisions between people. But the world’s most prominent religious leaders have come together to present a different vision of how faith can work in the world. In a rare move, major religious leaders ― from Pope Francis to theContinue Reading
Kolkata, March 29, 2019: A film based on a real-life story of Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines, who worked for the tribal poor and leprosy victims in Odisha, set to have a national theatrical release on March 29. Aneesh Daniel’s ‘The Least Of These: The Graham Staines Story’, that starsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 28, 2019: Social activists and others on March 28 condemned the arrest of noted economist Jean Dreze earlier in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in the day. “Jean Dreze is a saint-economist, a potential Nobel awardee who lived in slums, written andContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, March 28, 2019: The Catholic bishops of northeastern India have issued a seven-point guideline to help people choose right leaders. A pastoral letter addressed to Catholics of the region and issued by Archbishop Dominic Jala, president of the North East India Regional Bishop’s Council, called uponContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Berhampur, March 24, 2019: As a child, Sukria Nayak had struggled with a nagging doubt, “Can I compete with others?” The reason: He was a Dalit who lived in a remote village in Odisha, eastern India. “Coming from a village, studying in a school and thenContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Dhaka, March 27, 2019: Caritas is willing to explore possibility to open offices in China and Laos, says the newly elected president of the Catholic aid agency’ Asia wing. Benedict Alo D’Rozario, former executive director of Caritas Bangladesh, was on March 22 elected the first lay personContinue Reading
Vatican City, Mar 27, 2019: The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis will visit the capital cities of the African countries of Mozambique, Madagascar, and Mauritius in September. From Sept. 4-10, 2019, the pope will travel to Maputo in Mozambique, Antananarivo in Madagascar, and Port Louis in Mauritius. The visitContinue Reading
Vatican City, March 27, 2019: Pope Francis has amended canon law to create a new mechanism for dismissing a religious who has deserted their community. Under the new law, promulgated by the Pope in an apostolic letter issued “motu proprio,” superiors can declare a member dismissed ipso facto if theyContinue Reading
Panaji, Mar. 26, 2019: Urging the electorate to reject the “terror of pseudo-nationalism”, the Council for Social Justice and Peace, the social wing of the influential Goa Church, urged voters on Tuesday to take on “corrupt defectors” and political opportunists. The statement by Fr. Savio Fernandes, Executive Secretary of theContinue Reading
Dharmshala, Mar. 26, 2019: A 20-year-old student from Delhi, who had gone missing on the Triund Trek near McLeod Ganj, survived for 8 days by drinking only spring water. He was recently found by a team of local trekkers who were part of a rescue operation, reported the Times ofContinue Reading
