Vatican City, Nov. 20, 2018: Speaking to a delegation from the Maronite Catholic Church, Pope Francis thanks Lebanon for welcoming over a million refugees and for maintaining a balance between Christians and Muslims. Pope Francis addressed the Maronite Foundation and a delegation of Authorities from Lebanon on Nov.19. In briefContinue Reading
A pro-ISIS media group has threatened to attack Pope Francis as Christians around the world gear up to celebrate the birth of Christ. Al-Abd Al-Faqir made the threat in a new propaganda poster showing a handgun being pointed at the Pope. It carries the slogan ‘Don’t think you are awayContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangkok, Nov. 21, 2018: A three-day consultation organized by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) has called for empowering women to combat gender-based violence in the Church and society. “Women as victims of violence and as survivors have long mobilized themselves to resist violence, and theyContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Shillong, Nov. 21, 2018: A catholic priest’s Caring Ministry in Shillong has gifted 24 newly built homes to needy people. Christened Dong Don Bosco, the new village at Nongkohlew within the Mawlai Constituency was inaugurated and blessed, Sunday 18 November 2018. “The new dong [village] is named ‘DongContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, Nov. 21, 2018: The United Christian Action’s (UCA) Silver Jubilee Seminar, following its annual general meeting at the William Carey Hall of Celebration at Nisheman School, Delhi, on November 17 saw senior Church leaders, institution heads and activists listen to law experts and others callContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter, New Delhi, November 20, 2018: Presentation Sister Dorothy Fernandes is among 70 people who will be honoured for promoting democratic and republic characteristics of the Indian Constitution. The award titled “Neelkanth Samman” will be presented on November 26, the Constitution Day, at Mavlankar Hall in NewContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, November 20, 2018: The Indian Women Theologians Forum (IWTF) has written to Pope Francis expressing deep concerns over the way the Church in their country handles sexual abuse cases. Around 800 Catholics from around the world have endorsed the letter sent to the PopeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vijayawada, Nov 20, 2018: Christians in twin Telugu states have demanded laws to check increasing attacks on the community. Leaders of the Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC), an apex body of the mainline Churches in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, made this demand in a memorandum submittedContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov. 20, 2018: In a first for an Indian academic, Professor S.P. Ganguly, a well-known Hispanist who headed the Centre for Spanish and Latin American Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University here, has been awarded the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest civilian honour given toContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov. 20, 2018: In the second such conviction leading to capital punishment in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a trial court awarded the death penalty to a man after holding him guilty of murder while another person was given life imprisonment in the case. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay PandeyContinue Reading
