By Matters India Reporter Phnom Penh, January 21, 2019: Christian leaders have urged Cambodian government to guarantee for protecting the rights of religious minorities in Cambodia. A three-member delegation composed of three Officers of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), an ecumenical body, met with the officials of the MinistryContinue Reading
Syria: A copy of the icon of the Mysterious Supper – stolen from the shrine of St Sergius and Bacchus in Maalula in 2014 when the Syrian village was occupied by al-Nusra jihadists – has been placed on the ancient altar. The initiative to have a faithful copy of theContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil The top leaders of the Syro Malabar Church reflected on various issues affecting the Church and society during its Synod held from January 7 to 18, as per a circular issued by the head of the Church at the end of the Synod. After prolonged discussion andContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jan 21: Pope Francis launched an app called “Click to Pray,” which connects Catholics to a global network to share prayer intentions via their smartphones. The pope opened the new app using an iPad during his Angelus address on Jan. 20 and encouraged young Catholics, in particular, toContinue Reading
John Malvino Alfonso OCD The Discalced Carmelites are celebrating 400 years of their presence in India. They began their mission in India at Old Goa. The entire Carmelite family will have a joint celebration in Old Goa on 10February 2019. This coincides with an Extraordinary Definitory (a meeting of theContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan. 20, 2019: Sri Lanka wants to take back all Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are now in India, country’s High Commissioner to India Austin Fernando said on Jan. 18. “With around 5,000 of these refugees having already returned, we now want to take the rest of themContinue Reading
Punnackadu, Jan. 20, 2019: When Anjay and Nisha, a young couple from Kerala, were married at St Thomas’ Church in Punnackadu, last month, they planted saplings as part of the Church of South India’s new “Green Wedding” protocol. The couple were the first to be married in the CSI sinceContinue Reading
Bhawana One evening, 26-year-old Silvy Kalra was walking down a Delhi street when she heard some domestic workers discussing how they and their daughters are teased and bullied by young boys and men in the neighbourhood throughout the day. Not only did Kalra understand the stress these women were goingContinue Reading
Kochi: Jan 20: A group of church reform-minded organisations staged a protest in front of the house of the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly on Jan 20 by setting fire to copies of Sunday’s pastoral letter that was read out in parishes of the Syro-Malabar Church . Members of Kerala Church Reforms Movement,Continue Reading
Kochi: Jan 20 : Six Kerala nuns, who have been leading a campaign against rape-accused Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, have written to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, seeking his urgent intervention in the case. The nuns, four of them have been transferred to different locations from the convent in Kottayam’s KuravilangadContinue Reading
