By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Dec 31, 2024: People from diverse faiths watched a carol singing program at the Fountain, a point of interreligious gathering during various religious festivals, in the heart of the Goan capital of Panaji. The parishioners of St Sebastian’s Chapel and St Francis Xavier’s Chapel, Mala (partContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kollam, Dec 31, 2024: A court in Kerala, southern India, has summoned a Catholic priest, who allegedly used a sermon to defame some parishioner. The parishioners had reportedly called for transparency in the parish accounts. Father Joseph Kadavil, former parish priest of St Augustine Church, Thalamukalil,Continue Reading
By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, Dec 26, 2024: Christmas celebrations were disrupted by violent incidents across India. Reports of attacks on Christians have come from Manipur in northeastern India, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in the north, and Kerala, south. The violence was allegedly carried out by rightwing Hindu groupsContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Guwahati, Dec 14, 2024: The Imphal archdiocese that covers Manipur on December 14 joined an interfaith gathering to mourn the loss of lives and to pray for reconciliation among conflicting groups in the strife-torn northeastern Indian state. As part of a nationwide initiative titled “Mourning and ForgivenessContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, November 27, 2024: A student delegate from Don Bosco School Park Circus, Kolkata at COP29 held in Baku Azerbaijan last week, was declared Climate Ambassador by United Nations Agency for Development and Peace (UNADAP). The citation presented to 14 year old student Swanik Choudhury of ClassContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Nov 15, 2025: A four-member team that probed food poisoning deaths in an Odisha village blames the eastern Indian state’s negligent public distribution system among other reasons. “The families in Mandipanka village had not received ration for three months,” the team, commissioned by the OdishaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, Nov 14, 2024: Representatives of various religions from around the world attended an inter-faith conference to honor the 555th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikh religion. The November 13 event at Gurdwara Sahib Buland Pur, Jalandhar, in India’s Punjab state, broughtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Udupi, Nov 12, 2024: K Jayashankara came to a workshop organized by the diocese of Udupi with misgivings about Artificial Intelligence. “Now I am confident to explore the vast world of AI. I realize now that AI doesn’t take away jobs if we learn to useContinue Reading
By Joswin Praveen D’Souza Mangaluru, Oct 22, 2024: More than 100 philosophers have spent three days in the southern Indian city of Mangalore to study the relevance of hope amid modern challenges. “Hope is born at the intersection of dissent and discomfort with the material conditions of our existence,” saidContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Oct 21, 2024: A symposium on the importance of the reading habit in the digital age heard several priests sharing how books have not only led them to the seminary but sustained them in their vocation. The program was organized by the local chapter ofContinue Reading
