By Rani Punnasseril Jalandhar, March16, 2025: Organic farming, water conservation and other eco-friendly practices are among several ways the Catholic dioceses in northern India plan to answer the cry of Mother Earth. This emerged at the March 15-16 bi-annual meeting of the northern region of the Conference of Catholic BishopsContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Bengaluru, March 15, 2025: A renewed commitment to migrants’ dignity, rights, and well-being was the highlight of two-day training program of the Karnataka Regional Migrant Commission that ended March 14 in Bengaluru. The event brought together 21 participants from the state’s 11 Larin rite dioceses, who pledgedContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Chennai, Feb 18, 2025: Mithra G Augustine, a former principal of Madras Christian College and director of the Ecumenical Christian Center, has died in Chennai. He was 95. The death occurred in the early hours of February 18 at a Chennai hospital. Mithra was born on JuneContinue Reading
George Kommattam Calicut, Feb:2, 2025: The Kerala government’s decision to slash minority student scholarships by 50% has sparked widespread protests from Christian organizations, Church leaders, and Opposition parties. The move, which the government claims is due to a financial crisis, is being seen as deliberate neglect of minority educational rights,Continue Reading
By Joseph Maliakan New Delhi, Jan 31, 2025: Granting bail to a Muslim cleric arrested 11 months ago under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act 2021, the Supreme Court has ruled that judges on their whims and fancies cannot deny bail to any accused saying thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Jan 30, 2025: More than 200 Catholic bishops gathered at Bhubaneswar, capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, on January 30 observed Martyrs’ Day that commemorates the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. They gathered around the Gandhi statue on the campus of Xavier InstituteContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Azimganj, Jan 25, 2025: Kolkata’s youth-fest icon of the 1980s on January 25 celebrated the 60th year of his religious profession among Murshidabad’s tribal youth at Azimganj. Salesian Father K.K. Anthony Kariyattil is currently the confessor and teacher of Salesian pre-novices and aspirants at Savio Bhavan inContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Guwahati, January 8, 2025:– A revealing survey on the migration trends of the Satgaon parish community has brought to light significant patterns in population movements. Conducted in 31 villages of Mary Help of Christians parish in Satgaon, West Karbi Anglong, the survey was administered between May andContinue Reading
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 6, 2025: An exhibition organized in conjunction with the exposition of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier featured 62 Goan artists from different religious backgrounds. The “Footprints of Hope” was held at St John of God Convent, Old Goa. The 45-day exposition ended on January 5.Continue Reading
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
