By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai, March 8, 2019: The world needs a transformative shift to ensure gender parity, says the general secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA). “International Women’s Day is an occasion every year on March 8 to appreciate, recognize, celebrate, reflect, inspire and convey theContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen New Delhi, March 7, 2019: A program called “Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat, Modi Ke Sath (Heart’s voice of India with Modi) was organized by the Ministry for Minority Affairs at Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi on March 7. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister for MinorityContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal: March 7, 2019: More than 45,000 people have attended the jubilee of a Marian apparition in Odisha, eastern India. “Where there is Mother Mary there is Jesus and where there is Jesus there is satisfaction and fulfillment. Mother Mary is not only Mother of God butContinue Reading
Mumbai, Mar/07, 2019: We need urgently to reconcile ourselves with God, fellow human beings and with nature, according to the head of the Jesuit order, who is currently on a pastoral visit to India. Father Arturo Sosa, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, was speaking during an AshContinue Reading
By Sangeetha Paul and Alphonsa Kumari Kolkata, March 7, 2019: “Be a Responsible Voter to save Democracy” was the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day Celebration, on March 8, by Udayani Activists. The Dalit and Adivasi Self Help Group (SHG) women from the six different blocks where ‘Udayani’ worksContinue Reading
By Raymond Joseph Irudhayasamy Jalandhar, March 7, 2019: Father Michael Ani (65) was elected as the president of the Conference of Diocesan Priests of India (CDPI). The election was held during seventieth national meeting of the CDPI held at Gianodaya, Pastoral Centre, Jalandhar, from 26 February to 1 March. FatherContinue Reading
ROME, Mar 7 2019: The percentage of Catholics in the world has remained steady, while the number of priests has decreased for the first time in almost a decade, according to Vatican statistics. Meanwhile, the numbers of bishops, permanent deacons, lay missionaries and catechists have all increased, it said. AtContinue Reading
New Delhi, Mar. 6, 2019: More than 200 alleged hate crimes against marginalised people, including 87 killings, were documented by Amnesty India’s interactive “Halt the Hate” website in 2018. About 65% of the crimes were against Dalits. Of the 218 documented incidents, 142 were against Dalits, 50 against Muslims, andContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram, Mar. 6, 2019: Kerala, which prides itself on a near-perfect literacy rate, has landed in a controversy after a school textbook was found to be spreading misinformation on sexual health education. A 10th standard biology textbook under the state syllabus being taught in Kerala schools says that HIV orContinue Reading
Jhabua, March 6, 2019: Twenty one years after four nuns were raped by 26 persons in the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh, a 45-year-old absconding accused in the case has been nabbed, police said March 5. Kalu Limji was arrested from Aamba village in the district the previous day, aContinue Reading
