Hindu washerman’s crib draws many
2016-12-23
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Priest convinces tribe to send kids to school
2016-12-22
By Santosh Digal Bhubaneswar: A Catholic priest in an eastern Indian state has managed to convince Ho tribe’s first generation children to go to school. Father Xavier Camil Tirkey, parish priest of Dhanmandal in Jajpur district of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar archdiocese, has worked among Ho tribes of Jajapur district, Odisha, for theContinue Reading
Church helps Indore rag pickers cross milestone
2016-12-20
By Saramma Emmanuel Indore: Rama Bai feels excited as one of her long cherished dreams has came true after three decades. “Now I have an identity and nobody can ill-treat me or forbid me from collecting waste,” a jubilant Bai told Matters India on December 19. The 55-year old motherContinue Reading
How India’s ‘unreached’ tribal areas are being evangelized
2016-12-19
Vatican City: Every day in the remote villages of Northeast India courageous priests and nuns are braving the elements of the wild – including tiger attacks and elephant stampedes – to bring the Good News to people who have yet to hear the name of Jesus. People in these “unreached”Continue Reading
Northeast India Choral Competition brings togetherness in culture, music in Delhi
2016-12-07
New Delhi: Music knows no boundaries, religion and caste. And music is all around us. Likewise, sound, rhythm, tune are no strange to the people of northeast region. Looking at the early stage and the history, music played an important role in the region. Through music, stories of different timeContinue Reading
105-year-old Indian among BBC’s “Most Influential Women”
2016-12-06
Bengaluru: The message of female empowerment and equality can come in any form and one such exemplar of woman power undoubtedly is a 105-year-old woman from India who has worked with perseverance and dedication toward her cause. The life of Saalumarada Thimmakka, an environmentalist from Karnataka, who has earned aContinue Reading
‘No fear, no shame, no hate’
2016-12-05
‘My mission has always been to end the oppression of my people. The goal has not changed.’
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Goa’s connection with the Indian Orthodox Church
2016-12-05
Thirteen kilometers away from the city of Udupi in Karnataka, nestled amid the verdant hills, lies the historically rich village of Brahmavar – an otherwise nondescript settlement that is home to the world’s only Konkani-speaking Orthodox parish. Towards the end of the 19th century, around 4,000 Catholic families comprising predominantlyContinue Reading
Congenital disorders, new challenge to Bhopal gas survivors
2016-12-03
by Saji Thomas Bhopal: Manisha Ahirwar is only ten-year- old. She, unlike children of her age, attends regular sessions of physiotherapy and other exercises at a clinic meant for children of survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy born with deformities. At first sight, she looks healthy, but she can neither speakContinue Reading
Slain Missionaries of Charity nun revered as martyr
2016-12-02
by Saji Thomas Family members and neighbors of Sr. Anselm Minj say the Missionaries of Charity nun who was killed in Yemen eight months ago by ISIS rebels is their new intercessor in heaven. “She is a martyr in every sense for us,” says Vincent Minj, the nun’s eldest brotherContinue Reading