By Matters India Reporter Vaishali, Aug 12, 2022: The National Institute of Social Communications Research and Training (NISCORT) inaugurated a new staff residence and an additional floor to its present Academic Block at Vaishali, Ghaziabad in the NCR region. The Mass Media Communications College is run by the Catholic Bishops’Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Aug 11, 2022: The first national march for life heard a former Supreme Court judge urging bishops and Catholic religious congregations to lead the way to preserve life from conception to death. Justice Kurian Joseph, a former Supreme Court judge, suggested that the bishop ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Aug 10, 2022: An ongoing prayer campaign for Truth and Justice for Kandhamal has been formulated into a 14-day special prayer ahead of the 14th anniversary of Kandhamal bloodshed and persecution. “Nobody can stop us from praying,” said journalist author Anto Akkara who has beenContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Bhalukpong, August 9, 2022: Women belonging to self-help groups in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh have joined a campaign to provide the national flag to every household in the country. As many as 1,200 Indian flags, or tricolor, were handed over to the extra assistantContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, August 6, 2022: The National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW) on August 6 opened its Odisha chapter to address triple discrimination faced by the community in the eastern Indian state. “Dalit Christians are discriminated triple times based on their caste, religion, and poverty. They are discriminated againstContinue Reading
Bhopal, Aug 4, 2022: A group of cow vigilantes has attacked a truck in suspicion of cattle smuggling that left a 50-year-old man dead and two others gravely wounded in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The incident occurred at around 12.30 am on the intervening night of AugustContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, July 26, 2022: The Cathedral of Holy Rosary in Kolkata has held a special Mass on the 2nd World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli presided at a Mass and was joined by Cardinal Charles MaungContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, July 22, 2022: Tribal community in India seem elated that the country has elected one of its members as the head of the nation. “It is a proud moment for the country as Droupadi Murmu becomes the 15th President of India,” Father Nicholas Barla, secretary ofContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, July 18, 2022: Church people and parents in an eastern Indian state have rejoiced after all students of 16 schools of Miao diocese passed the tenth grade exam conducted by the Indian School Certificate Examination. The results were announced July 18. “Our students have shown thatContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, July 18, 2022: The United Minority Forum in Odisha has staged a protest to highlight alleged prevalence of discrimination against minority communities in the eastern India state. As many as 45 representatives from different communities joined the protest in front of Bidhan Sabha (Assembly House) inContinue Reading