By: Matters India Reporter Perumbavoor, Nov 11: A 32-year-old Catholic priest belonging to the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.) congregation died in a road accident in the early hours of Nov 11 Fr Bijo Karikkarappally was on his way to celebrate Mass near Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district when his motorContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dhaka, Nov. 10, 2018: Representatives of various churches in Bangladesh participated in a capacity building training organised by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) affirmed their commitment to combat HIV and AIDS through awareness building programmes at the congregational levels in the country. The participants wereContinue Reading
By Irudaya Jothi SJ Kolkata: On the 10th anniversary of the violence against Christians in Odisha Kandhamal District, the Church in India celebrates Dalit Liberation Sunday on November 11. The celebration of Dalit Liberation Sunday is a clarion call to the whole Christian community to renew our faith, and toContinue Reading
By Brinda Karat New Delhi, Nov. 10, 2018: Recent developments in Pakistan on the Asia Bibi case should serve as a warning for us in India. Although in entirely different circumstances, the relevance for us in India of the Pakistani case is that it was triggered by blatant defiance andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, Nov. 10, 2018: The Guwahati province of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco on November 10 opened a new center to coordinate their efforts to check social evils such as human trafficking in northeastern India. Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati blessed the center, the AuxiliumContinue Reading
Sharjah, Nov. 10, 2018: Relation between the United Arab Emierates and India is a story of success and hope, said Shashi Tharoor, author and politician, at a program in Sharjah on November 9. Tharoor spoke on India-UAE strategic partnership from a cultural aspect at the event hosted by the NationalContinue Reading
By Cheryl Francis Asansol, Nov. 9, 2018: A group of students from St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, used their Puja holidays to bring the message of cleanliness to tribals in a remote village in West Bengal. “Xavier’s ka sapna, swachh rahe Bharat apna (Xavier’s dream, let our India be clean),” echoedContinue Reading
By Leon Bent Mumbai, Nov. 9, 2018: “Dasara, derived from the Sanskrit Dasha-hara meaning, “remover of bad fate,” is among the most important festivals celebrated in India. Regional spellings include Dashera, Dussera and Dussehra; following the ten-day grand, devotional, ethnic Gujarati, scintillating, delighting-the-senses, festival of Navratri. Diwali, the festival ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov. 9, 2018: The Vatican has appointed an Indian lay leader to the 18-member Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Services, known as CHARIS. Cyril John, a former Indian bureaucrat, is one of the two Asians appointed by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.Continue Reading
Xuanhua, China, Nov 8, 2018: Four priests from the underground Catholic Church in China’s Hebei province have been taken into police custody for indoctrination, AsiaNews reported Nov. 6. The publication wrote Nov. 5 that the priests are being “indoctrinated on the religious policy of the Chinese government … because theyContinue Reading
