By Matters India Reporter Baripada: Odisha remembers the 18th death anniversary of the martyrdom of Graham Stuart Staines and two his sons Philip and Timothy aged 8 and 10 on September 22. They were alive in a van in Manoharpur village of Odisha on January 22nd night in 1999. StainesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jakarta: A representative group of Asian churches that participated in the Asia regional consultation on upholding the dignity and rights of children proposed that the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) initiate and facilitate an Asia regional ecumenical advocacy network on dignity and rights of children. InContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai– Parents pass their virtues, values, principles and understanding of life flow on to their children.to their children, a bishop told pilgrims in India. Auxiliary Bishop John Rodrigues of the Archdiocese of Bombay was speaking at a students’ pilgrimage to Mount Mary’s Basilica in the Bandra neighborhood ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Sister Sudha Varghese, the Padma Shri awardee nun, and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma have appeared on a quiz contest hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, a renowned Indian actor. “I was invited to be on Big B’s show Kaun Banega Crorepati 10. The shooting was done onContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Madurai: Proper use of technology is a must for mental health. This was stressed on September 21, the first of day three-day Conference of Catholic Psychologists of India (CCPI). The conference’s annual meeting is addressing the role of psychology in the contemporary technological world. “There is aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bali: The 2018 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) will be held at Bali Nusa Dua, Indonesia. October 12-14. The annual meetings bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, civil society, media, and academicsContinue Reading
Indian Catholic Heritage Day is an annual tradition at St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church on Welsh Road in Northeast Philadelphia. It is a celebration for all Catholics from India, whether they are Syro-Malabar, Syro-Malankara, Knanaya or Roman Catholic, and it traces back to the foundation of the Indian American CatholicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The patronage given to communal forces by the federal government threatens peace in India, says a senior journalist. “Peace is in danger in India from communal and casteist forces. The government too has contributed to it by adopting a confrontationist stand with Maoists andContinue Reading
Franco Mulakkal has become the first Indian Catholic bishop to be arrested in a case of sexual abuse Continue Reading
More than 30 Indian passengers, some bleeding from their noses and ears, have received treatment after pilots “forgot” to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure, officials said. Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur turned back shortly after take off. Videos tweeted by passengers aboard the planeContinue Reading
