By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 6, 2025: For Anthony Rodrigues, the star which guided the three Wise Men of the East, is an inspiration for a unique mission involving children. The 69-year-old decorated the lane in front of his house in Agassaim, his native village in Goa, with more thanContinue Reading
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 6, 2025: An exhibition organized in conjunction with the exposition of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier featured 62 Goan artists from different religious backgrounds. The “Footprints of Hope” was held at St John of God Convent, Old Goa. The 45-day exposition ended on January 5.Continue Reading
ML Satyan Coimbatore, January 6, 2025: I had an opportunity to work with Functional Vocational Training and Research Society (FVTRS) from 2008 to 2014. The focus group of FVTRS was always school dropout students. Local NGOs became partners of FVTRS to provide skill training to school dropout students. My interactionsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Jan 6, 2025: A group of musicians from Mumbai has launched an album featuring 15 songs to mark the 2025th year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The collection, titled “Jubilate Jesus 2025,” released on December 31, 2024, is an initiative by Tej-Prasarini, theContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Dec 31, 2024: People from diverse faiths watched a carol singing program at the Fountain, a point of interreligious gathering during various religious festivals, in the heart of the Goan capital of Panaji. The parishioners of St Sebastian’s Chapel and St Francis Xavier’s Chapel, Mala (partContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kollam, Dec 31, 2024: A court in Kerala, southern India, has summoned a Catholic priest, who allegedly used a sermon to defame some parishioner. The parishioners had reportedly called for transparency in the parish accounts. Father Joseph Kadavil, former parish priest of St Augustine Church, Thalamukalil,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thaliparamba, Dec 31, 2024: Sister Francis Alayatil, the first woman ambulance driver in the southern Indian state of Kerala, died on December 30 at the age of 74. The member of Dina Sevana Sabha (Servants of the Poor) died at St Anjela Home in Pattuvam, aContinue Reading
By Roy Alex Mannar, Sri Lanka, Dec 30, 2024: The week after Christmas becomes a time of stocktaking, examining the highs and lows of the past year, and setting hopes and resolutions for the year ahead. This has always been my customary approach, but my perspective was profoundly challenged thisContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Dec 27, 2024: A wave of violence against Christians in Odisha, eastern India, has raised alarm over citizens’ religious freedom guaranteed by the country’s Constitution. The latest incident occurred on December 26 in the Gabardhanpur village of Balasore district, where the members of the New LifeContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 26, 2024: Manmohan Singh, who pulled India from the brink of bankruptcy and made it one of the fastest growing economies in the world, died on December 26 in New Delhi. Singh, the 13th prime minister of India, died at 9:45 pm in AllContinue Reading
