By Felix Anthony New Delhi, Sept 28, 2022: A church-based tour operator was among this year’s winners of national tourism awards. The International Pilgrimage Revolution (IPR), directed by Father Tomy Joseph, received the award for the best inbound tour operator category from Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on September 27, theContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril New Delhi, Sept 25, 2022: About 200 migrants and 20 refugees September 25 celebrated the World Day of Migrants and Refugees with a get-together and Mass. The program was organized by the Archdiocese of Delhi in collaboration with Conference of Catholic Bishops of India’s Commission for MigrantsContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, Sept 24, 2022: The Church in India has congratulated Dilip Tirkey, who was elected unopposed as the president of the Hockey Federation of India. “We extend our congratulations to Dilip Tirkey for this new top job in India. The Church of India is definitely proud ofContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Sept 20,2022: The Karnataka government has announced that it would include teachings of the Bhagavad Gita as part of moral education in schools from December this year. B C Nagesh, the state’s primary and secondary education minister, said the government has amended its earlier proposal toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 19, 2022: The federal government’s reported move to set up a national commission to study the socioeconomic and educational status of Dalit converts to Christianity and Islam will prolong the issue of granting reservation to the poorest in the country, bemoan Christian activists.Continue Reading
Lucknow, Sept 19, 2022: Three laborers in their early 20s died after inhaling toxic fumes from unused septic tank in the Uttar Pradesh, the northern Indian state with the largest number of manual scavengers. The three were cleaning an unused tank without protective gears at the site of an under-constructionContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Sept 16, 2022: Christians in Karnataka have been plunged into grief after the legislative council of the southern Indian state passed a stringent anti-conversion bill that could threaten even the Church’s humanitarian works. The passage of the “Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion” bill inContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur, Sept 14, 2022: A national convention has tried to unite tribals from various parts of India. The convention at Raipur, Chhattisgarh, marked the International Tribal Rights’ Day that the UN declared on September 14, 2007. The September 12-13 program gave hundreds of tribal people aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, Sept 11, 2022: Distress migration from the east-central Indian region has prompted a Jesuit network to join the Latin rite bishops to organize programs to educate Church people about the exploitation of poor tribal people. A meeting organized by the Central Zone of the Migrants’Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 9, 2022: At an event marking Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav – 75 years of India’s independence – and Literacy Day, Church Art Kolkata honoured four clergy men for outstanding contribution to society along with several other eminent citizens. The program was held at Indian CouncilContinue Reading