By Felix Anthony Guwahati, March 23, 2023: A two-day summit of delegates from 15 dioceses of northeastern India stressed the important roles women play in society. “It is time that we stressed the equal importance of women in society, family and in the Church,” said Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, March 21, 2022: A delegation of Christians of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh on March 21 met city Police Commissioner P. Jogdand regarding a spate of accusations and arrests for alleged forcible conversions. The UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversions of Religion Act 2021 aims to stopContinue Reading
By P A Chacko Sahibganj, March 19, 2023: The Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry Mar Joseph Pamplany’s unexpected overture to the BJP to help to get a Lok Sabha seat in Kerala at the 2024 General Elections is a politically opportunistic public statement. “If the government raises the price of rubberContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Adava, March 16, 2023: A Catholic family in an eastern Indian village says it now lives in fear after a mob attack. Kamila Nayak, the head of the 15-member family in Adava village, told Matters India March 16 that some 100 men and women came to theirContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril Bengaluru, March 15, 2023: The national commission for migrants under the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India has devised new ways to reach out to the displaced in a more pastoral way. The commission organized a meeting of its regional secretaries where they received inputs from theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Dimapur, March 10, 2023: A Baptist group in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland has asked its members, who have been involved in partisan politics during the recent assembly elections, to resign from their ministerial responsibility before it initiates inquiry. In a letter, the Chakhesang BaptistContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mangaluru, March 10, 2023: An institute that trains addiction professionals globally has honored two of its alumna who have excelled in prevention and management of substance use disorder in Africa and India. Ecolink Training Institute, which has trained more than 300 addiction professionals from 20 countriesContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Feb 25, 2023: Catholic bishops and leaders of other religions in Karnataka have honored Ronald Colaco, a Catholic layman who has made a name in business and philanthropy. Colaco has done “immense social service to society and to the needy. He is a role model andContinue Reading
Aditi Agarwal Siliguri, February 10, 2023 – In a solemn ceremony held at Salesian College Siliguri, North Bengal received its first Psychology Lab, Wellness Studio and Wellness Woods on February 10, 2023. Located in Taverna Block of Salesian College, Psychology Lab is a facility for research, psychological testing and diagnostics.Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Feb 10, 2023: The Damien Social Development Institute managed by Sacred Hearts Fathers in the Odisha capital of Bhubaneswar has held a blood donation camp to help the poor. “Conducting voluntary blood donation camps on regular basis will increase the stock of blood units in bloodContinue Reading