By Thomas Scaria Jaffna, May 2, 2022: Cletus (name changed) is just 24 but now undergoes treatment for heroin addiction at a rehabilitation center in northern Sri Lanka. The region, once the center of the armed conflict between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tigers, now faces a new crisisContinue Reading
By Ligi Payyappilly Mukachevo, April 22: What is it to live Good Friday in the war-torn Ukraine? Sister Ligi Payyappilly, a Catholic nun from India’s Kerala state, shares her experience of the war from her mission in Mukachevo, a city in western Ukraine. “This war has become our Good Friday,”Continue Reading
By Ranjit Devraj New Delhi, April 8, 2022: Prospects for India achieving the target of generating 100 gigawatts of solar power in 2022 have waned because of high levels of atmospheric pollution. Atmospheric pollution reduces solar power generation in two main ways: by absorbing and scattering the sun’s rays andContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmad Ranchi, April 3, 2022: A notification by the government of Jharkhand banning ‘illegal mining and selling of mica’ has put the livelihoods of thousands of mica scrap dealers and laborers in jeopardy. Around 200,000 unorganized workers are involved in mica business in Jharkhand, a mineral rich state,Continue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi, April 3, 2022: The Indian Missionary Society has a new pan Indian service team for the coming six years headed by Father Prasanna Raj. They were elected at a week-long general chapter that ended March 1 at Vishwa Jyoti Gurukul, Christnagar, Varanasi, the mother house ofContinue Reading
By Rita Joseph Kolkata, April 1, 2022: A Hindu engineer-turned-art connoisseur has been turning old Catholic churches in India into artistic attractions. Subrata Ganguly said restoring churches, and adding “Indian flavor” to it, has become a passion. He ventured into church art at a time when European art in IndiaContinue Reading
By Megha Sharma New Delhi, March 19, 2022: Manual scavenging is still being practiced in India despite being officially outlawed in 2013. Mired in the politics of caste and social inequality, manual scavenging continues to claim lives of workers, mostly members of the Dalit and minority communities. They undertake theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chicago, Feb 15, 2022: On Feb 5, as many as 46 lay people attended a grand convocation celebration at the Cathedral Church parish hall in Chicago. It was the culmination of our 3-year theological program the Syro-Malabar diocese of Chicago conducted for lay people. The program,Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Feb 7, 2022: The Apostolic Carmel Sisters on February 5 celebrated 100 years of their services in Sri Lanka. Known for their quality education, especially in the empowerment of girls and women, the congregation was invited by the Sri Lankan Church to establish educational institutions thereContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Kottayam, Jan 30, 22: The recent acquittal of a Catholic bishop in the historic nun rape case is seen as a litmus test of the Indian Catholic Church’s efforts to end clergy abuse. The supporters of the acquitted prelate, Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, hail the verdict asContinue Reading
