By Rita Joseph Kochi, June 9, 2022: A slum in this southwestern Indian city was once known as the “Enclave of Darkness” because it was the den of thugs, alcoholics, drug runners and psychopaths. It is now called Udaya Colony (Sunrise Enclave) after Catholic nuns dared to enter it 33Continue Reading
By Valentina Angelucci & Giuditta Bonsangue Rome, June 1, 2022: A blue, single-breasted jacket, beret, holster hanging on her belt, and the historical motto: Sub Lege Libertas. This is the image that comes to mind when picturing a woman wearing the uniform of the Italian State Police. And that’s howContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, June 1, 2022: Nuns from four congregations have been credited with merging their charisms to devise an integrated approach to treat and rehabilitate leprosy patients in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. “We follow different charisms and spirituality, but when we work together, they help peopleContinue Reading
By Peerzada Ummer New Delhi, May 30, 2022: Caritas India, the social action arm of the Catholic Church, this year launched a comprehensive program to help generate livelihood opportunities for people living with HIV. The agency primarily works in the slums of the national capital where cases are found inContinue Reading
By Tabeenah Anjum Jaipur, May 18, 2022: An author from a tribal community says writing about the marginalized is like walking a tight rope. “It is like a tug of war from the two sides and that is the challenge, we as writers are facing in the present times,” saysContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmad Patna, May 18, 2022: The forced hoisting of a saffron flag atop a mosque in Bihar during the recent Ram Navami procession was an attempt to provoke Muslims to retaliate with violence, says a fact-finding report by the state unit of People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL).Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pathanamthitta, May 18, 2022: A Muslim police officer’s act of kindness has brought joy to the families of two Hindu autorickshaw drivers in Pathanamthitta, Kerala. Assar Uman Ebin Umar Sahib, a Sub Inspector, decided to meet autorickshaw drivers in the southern Indian town to find outContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Junagadh, May 14, 2022: A Catholic priest has stepped in to care for an aged and ailing Catholic woman, who had spent four decades as a hermit among wild animals in western India. Sister Prasanna Devi, the only surviving Catholic ascetic of the Syro-Malabar Church, isContinue Reading
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
