By Saji Thomas Mananthavady, September 6, 2019: The Franciscan Clarist Congregation, a 130-year-old indigenous congregation in India, a month ago dismissed Sr. Lucy Kalappura, a member, for violating the vows of poverty and obedience. It gave her 10 days to appeal to the Vatican against the order, which she did.Continue Reading
Kochi, August 30, 2019: Supriya Debnath, 24, a migrant from Odisha’s Kendrapara district, sat in a blue and white salwar kameez in a corner of the upper primary government school in Edappally, in Kerala’s Ernakulam district. A thin vertical streak of vermillion reached the horizontal dash of sandalwood paste onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranaghat, August 29, 2019: Until recently, Ranu Mandal was singing for her livelihood at Ranaghat railway station of Nadia district in West Bengal. Now the 59-year-old woman has become a celebrity in social media. The person who was instrumental for her overnight limelight in social mediaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, August 27, 2019: A Bangalore-based NGO provided a food kit for ten days to 1,400 flood affected families in Kerala’s Wayanad district. The Project Vision under the banner of ‘Bangalore Cares for Kerala’ supplied the kits on August 26 and 27. Unprecedented floods have alsoContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, August 25, 2019: Kandhamal is growing in faith, the people have no fear, and they can face any challenge with faith and trusting in God, says Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar. On August 25, Christians around India marked Kandhamal Day, commemorating the 11th anniversary of theContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, August 17, 2019: When Robin D’Souza and friends thought of beginning a cable TV channel in Goa to promote Gospel values, it seemed an impossible dream at first. “The impossible dream has become a reality now,” D’Souza, who oversees the day to day function of theContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Manila, August 10, 2019: Dominga Abinoha, a 75-year-old illiterate woman, is one of the hundreds of thousands of poor in the Philippines. She is among the 3.1 million shelterless who have made Manila, the Philippines capital the world’s largest city of homeless people. Dominga’s parents were fromContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena, SS.CC. Manila, August 9, 2019: With 3.1 million people with no place to live, Manila is home to the world’s largest homeless population. Among them are 70,000 children. These homeless are seen in the streets of Metro Manila — around shanties, near bridges, on sidewalks, pavements, atContinue Reading
Raipur, August 7, 2019: Surguja district of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh has recorded the world’s highest breastfeeding rate. The land of iridescent forests, dazzling waterfalls and sweeping tablelands, tucked away in the foothills of the mighty Vindhyas, has overtaken the central African country of Rwanda that has 87Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, July 31, 2019: Rinku (name changed) came to Bengaluru from Assam lured by the promise of a decent job. She ended up in a bar. “The condition of bar girls is worse than that of prostitutes,” says the woman who has managed to escape theContinue Reading