By: Paulina Guzik No matter when someone writes to Ashish Gadnis, there is almost no chance he will answer from Austin, Texas, where he lives. He will spend a Wednesday in Rwanda and on Friday he is already in Brazil, before taking a flight to Myanmar on a Sunday. He’sContinue Reading
By Elizabeth Sangeta Paul Kolkata, Nov. 13, 2018: Young people from Ireland who came to provide eye care to the poor in an eastern Indian state say they have gained much more than what they could give. “It was indeed a life time experience for me to reach out theContinue Reading
Lagos, Nov 12, 2018: Suspected cholera cases have jumped in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram violence has forced tens of thousands of people to seek refuge in crowded camps, the Norwegian Refugee Council said Nov.12. The humanitarian group said 10,000 people have been affected by the fast-spreading cholera outbreak andContinue Reading
Abu Dhabi, Nov. 12, 2018: Thousands of believers are marking the annual harvest festival in churches across Abu Dhabi. Expecting to host about 10,000 people in celebrations on November 16, one church has pledged to donate its collection from the fest to rebuilding the flood-hit Indian state of Kerala. MarContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov. 12, 2018: The National Lawyers Forum (NLF) of Catholic clergy and Religious would continue its advocacy for poor people’s rights in India. This is was one of the resolutions that were passed after its annual meeting held at Pastoral Orientation Centre (POC), Kochi, Kerala,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai, Nov 12, 2018: Students need to be “good”, not “smart,” says Justice Kurian Joseph of Supreme Court of India. “Do not make students smart like corporate companies. Catholic schools in India should make them ‘Good’, not smart,” Justice Joseph said. Good human beings are usefulContinue Reading
Vatican City, Nov. 13, 2018: The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out in unison with thousands of other church bells around the world as Pope Francis commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War I. “While we pray for all the victims of that terrible tragedy,Continue Reading
Vatican City, Nov 9,2018: Catholic journalists should be guided not by despair and negativity, but by a commitment to sharing the beauty of the human person, Pope Francis told a group of media students Nov.9. How easy it is “to be carried away by common opinion, by defeatism and byContinue Reading
Vatican City, Nov 10, 2018: Pope Francis on Nov. 9 urged that churches be given due respect as the “house of God” and not be transformed into markets or social lounges dominated by “worldliness”. Celebrating his morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican, he warned that churchesContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Te Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) will jointly celebrate Dalit Liberation Sunday on November 11. Santosh Digal of Matters India talked to Father Devasagayaraj M Zackarias, Secretary to CBCI Office for Dalits and Backward Classes to findContinue Reading
