By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Jan. 4, 2019: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, on January 2 mourned the death of Jesuit Father Samuel Rayan, hailing him as the “giant” of the Asian liberation theology. “It is with deep sense of sorrow and humility thatContinue Reading
Kochi, Dec 2 : Two women in their 40s prayed at the Lord Ayyappa shrine in Sabarimala on Dec 2, becoming the first female pilgrims of menstruating age to have achieved the feat after the Supreme Court overturned a traditional ban on women’s entry last year. The women — BinduContinue Reading
By C M Paul Nashik, Jan. 4, 2019: Some 4,500 plus scouts and guides from all over India celebrated New Year with 11 types of adventure sports. They are the participants of a five-day national jamboree christened Boscoree that began at Nashik, a holy city in Maharashtra, on December 30.Continue Reading
By C.M. Paul Nashik, Jan. 2, 2019: Some 4,500 plus Scouts and Guides from all over India gathered at the national jamboree christened Boscoree at Nashik for a 5-day meet from December 30 celebrated new year with 11 types of adventure sports. Program Coordinator of Boscoree Father Glenford Lowe, said,Continue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram, Jan 2, 2019: Five nuns of the Missionaries of Jesus congregation, who led a protest against deposed Jalandhar bishop Franco Mullakkal, alleged a deliberate attempt to delay justice in the sexual assault case against him and threatened to take to the streets again. Three months after the bishop’s arrest,Continue Reading
George Abraham Another eventful year has quickly passed on. We are once again on the threshold of a new year, a time to introspect and make new resolutions. I have been living in the U.S. for the last 50 years. To be specific, I have arrived on these shores inContinue Reading
Derek Almeida, Panaji Panaji, Jan.2, 2019: When residents of the island village of St Estevam found that they were going to lose their land to a jetty for loading coal, they decided to stop protesting and take decisive action. Led by the young on the island, they decided that theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan. 2, 2019: Jesuit Father Samuel Rayan, a renowned proponent of liberation theology, died on January 2. He was 98. The death occurred at 12:30 pm at Nirmala Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala, where he was undergoing treatment for old age ailments for the past one year.Continue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, January 2, 2019: A movement that promotes value education for peace has awarded seven students from various parts of India for their honest way of living the core human ethical values. “This award will always remind your conscience to be honest in what you speak andContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram, Jan. 1, 2019: Hundreds of thousands of women lined up from one end of Kerala to the other to form a women’s wall on January 1 to uphold gender equality and renaissance values. They also took a pledge not to push the state back into an era of darknessContinue Reading
