New Delhi, Nov. 20, 2018: At least 40 people were killed in a blast at a wedding hall in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday. Spokesman for Kabul police, Basir Mujahid said that over 60 people have sustained injuries in the explosion. “I have confirmed reports that 40 people haveContinue Reading
Madrid, Nov. 20,2018: Spain’s Catholic Church wants to “eradicate” cases of sexual abuse of minors within the church and not cover them up, the president of the Spanish bishops’ conference said Monday. As in other countries, Spain’s Catholic hierarchy is under pressure from local scandals and cases elsewhere that haveContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater Panaji, Nov. 20, 2018: When Deepikah Bhardwaj was a child in New Delhi, she would look forward to the arrival of the Indian winter. The mornings would become chilly and crisp, while evenings were pleasantly cool. But in recent years, that sense of anticipation turned to dread.Continue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril HCM Bangalore, Nov. 20, 2018: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Labour and Workers India Federation (WIF) resolved to promote active and healthy ageing at the workplace in society and Church. This was stressed during a national assembly of CBCI Office for Labour andContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov 19, 2018: Bharatnatyam exponent Geeta Chandran on World Toilet Day on Monday announced an educational campaign she will undertake on responsible toilet use, followed by a dance tribute to her first guru. The event was attended by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The campaign, announced at theContinue Reading
Temple committee welcomes and oversees inter-mingling of customs in Christian-dominated State
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Vatican City, Nov 19, 2018: The Vatican’s nativity scene will be a little bit different this year. In a departure from the traditional Neapolitan or Maltese figures of recent years, the scene of Christ’s birth will be entirely sculpted from sand. Beginning Nov. 17, four artists are beginning their workContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Nov. 18, 2018: Every person needs to revisit one’s comfort zones thinking of the poor, says a Jesuit educationist. Matters India talked to some people about the second “World Day of the Poor” declared by Pope Francis. It was celebrated on November 18 this year.Continue Reading
Ahmedabad, Nov 19, 2018: Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Nov. 17 said that bureaucracy is the biggest hurdle in development and need to be rectified. Delivering the concluding part of his lecture series as a guest faculty for the “Public Policy for Inclusive Development of India” course at IIM-Ahmedabad, theContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Tinsukia, Nov 18, 2018: Two men have launched a project to feed the hungry in the streets of Tinsukia, a commercial town in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. “We do not want anyone in the town to go to sleep on empty stomach. However, we onlyContinue Reading
