By Matters India Reporter Moolampilly, January 22, 2019: Father Augustine Mulloor OCD, provincial, blessed the newly built two houses at Moolampilly, a commencement of the fifth phase of flood relief program by Teresian Integral Development Endeavour (TIDE), a social service unit of St. Pius X Manjummel Province of Discalced Carmelites,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bamunigam, January 22, 2019: Prior to the priestly ordination of four deacons of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Archdiocese, a road accident claimed at least 13 lives including women and children and left more than 35 critically injured in Kandhamal district of Odisha, Eastern India, January 22. AccordingContinue Reading
Kailashahar, Jan. 22, 2019: The Hindu Jagran Manch, a Hindu right-wing group, claimed that 98 Christians belonging to 23 tribal families were “reconverted” to Hinduism in Tripura. The people, mostly tea garden workers hailing from Bihar and Jharkhand, had been converted to Christianity in 2010, Tripura unit president of theContinue Reading
Mumbai, Jan 21, 2019: India’s first-ever all-women political party — the National Women’s Party (NWP) — was launched on Monday in Mumbai and it will contest half — 283 — of the 545 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 elections. The NWP, described as “a party of mothers”, has beenContinue Reading
By John Dayal Baripada, January 22, 2019: This night 20 years ago, 1999, as they slept in their jeep in a forested village of Manouharpur in Orissa, Australia-born leprosy worker Graham Stuart Staines (1941 – 23 January 1999) and his young sons Timothy (8) and Philip (10) were surrounded, theirContinue Reading
Abu Dhabi, Jan 21: One of the largest single gatherings ever held in the UAE will greet the historic visit of Pope Francis next month. The landmark visit marks the first time a Pontiff has visited the GCC, and will coincide with a visit of The Grand Imam of AlContinue Reading
Jhabua, Jan. 20, 2019: A Catholic priest has been arrested in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 17-year-old girl, the police said Jan 20. The accused was identified as Father Prakash Damor (33). The suicide note of the girl, who allegedly hanged herself atContinue Reading
Bhopal, Jan. 21, 2019: A delegation of Rashtriya Isai Maha Sangh (RIMS) lead by Father Dr. Anand Muttungal met the law minister P C Sharma on Jan. 18 and sought withdrawal of false and fabricated cases of forced conversion against them. The minister has assured to withdraw the false casesContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena SS.CC. Manila, January 20, 2019: A Benedictine nun, Maria Teresa Forcades, stressed on the need to promote “Gender equality” in society and Church. Forcades, liberal theologian and social activist of Catalania, Spain, left the audience spell bound as she started to speak on the topic, “Christian MissionContinue Reading
By Gordon Pennycook and David Rand What makes people susceptible to fake news and other forms of strategic misinformation? And what, if anything, can be done about it? These questions have become more urgent in recent years, not least because of revelations about the Russian campaign to influence the 2016Continue Reading
