By Matters India Reporter Alappuzha, Sept 23, 2020: The body of Archbishop Joseph Chennoth, the Vatican’s apostolic nuncio to Japan, was laid to rest at his native parish in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, southern India The funeral September 22 was held with full state honors at St Thomas Church,Continue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 23, 2020: The Kerala government led by Marxists has allowed a Christian group a special concession in the exam calendar on the grounds of religion. Following the order, nine twelfth grades of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church will give their state board ‘improvement’ exams after sunset on on SeptemberContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Sept. 20, 2020: After floods devastated the Indian state of Karnataka in August 2019, thousands of people were made homeless. Since then, the local Catholic Church has been working to help the community, and this month the Archdiocese of Bangalore gave financial support to the Diocese ofContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, September 21, 2020 – First community radio of the hills is set to train three radio journalists for Lepcha Development Board to air weekly programs in Lepcha language on Radio Salesian 90.8 FM – The Voice of the Hills. The weekly programs will also be availableContinue Reading
Bhiwandi, Sept 21, 2020: Ten people were killed and at least 25 feared trapped on September 21 after a three-story building collapsed in Bhiwandi near Mumbai. The officers of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescued 31 people from the rubble in Patel Compound area. A child was among theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur, Sept 20, 2020: The Church in Odisha has organized a webinar to help its people to share their concern, hopes and aspiration in a world beyond the coronavirus pandemic. Priests, nuns and lay people attended the September 19 webinar on “Covid-19 and Beyond: A Christian Reflection.”Continue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 20, 2020: The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, on September 20 passed two farm bills amid a ruckus from opposition members and protests from farmers. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020, part of the broader farm liberalization plan, could not be taken up and theContinue Reading
Thane, Sept 20, 2020: A 106-year-old woman from Maharashtra’s Thane district defeated Covid-19 and was discharged from hospital on September 20 with doctors and nurses giving her a warm farewell. With happiness writ large on her face, the unnamed woman proudly displayed her discharge certificate to the media before walkingContinue Reading
Ranchi, Sept 2020: The Catholic Church in Jharkhand has asked the state government to pass a bill for a separate code for Adivasis in the eastern Indian state. Catholic bishops of Jharkhand, led by the Ranchi Archdiocese, September 19 wrote to the chief minister to remind him that the IndianContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Sept 19, 2020: One of the seven crimes about which Mahatma Gandhi had mentioned is: “Pleasure without conscience.” Charvaka, also known as Lokāyata, is an ancient school of Indian materialism. The main motto of those who followed this philosophy was: “Eat, Drink and Make Merry”.Continue Reading