By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, November 29, 2019: Jesuit Father William Bourke, who translated full Bible into Nepali and wrote first Nepali thesaurus, died on November 29. He was 94. He was on in 1925. Father Bourke’s love for God and the poor brought him to Darjeeling from Canada toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, November 29, 2019: Kandhamal Christians find “Christianity a more human way of life,” says a Spanish filmmaker who made the latest documentary film on the anti-Christian persecution of Kandhamal 2008. The documentary film “One” tells the plight of Christians India in general and Kandhamal inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bakingia, Nov 28, 2019: Kadamful Nayak, widow of Samuel Nayak who was martyred during the 2008 Kandhamal violence, died in the early hours of November 28. She was 55. She is survived by her son and daughter. Nayak was hospitalized for diabetes in Cuttack, the formerContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov. 28, 2019: They train with swords and fighting fans after their prayers and morning chants. Meet the Himalayan kung fu nuns using their martial arts skills to challenge stereotypes about women’s roles in the region’s patriarchal societies. “In the Himalayas, girls are never treated equally and girlsContinue Reading
By Matters Indian Reporter Budapest, November 28, 2019: As many as 650 delegates, including some Indians, attended the Second International Conference on Christian Persecution in Budapest, Hungary. The November 26-28 conference was to find solutions to the most neglected humanitarian and civilizational crisis of the time and stand up againstContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, November 27, 2019: The Latin Rite bishops of India are to visit Kandhamal, the epicenter of 2008 anti-Christian pogrom in February 2021, say church authorities. Odisha, Eastern Indian state, will host the plenary assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) at theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, November 27, 2019: This year St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, celebrates 150 years since its inception. In this sesquicentennial year, one of the many events scheduled was a research seminar on Jesuit initiatives in higher education in South Asia. The seminar was held on Nov 20Continue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Nov 26, 2019: Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Indian Salesian abducted in Yemen in March 2016 by a Jihadist group and freed after 18 months, has presented his autobiography, By the Grace of God, in which he recounts his experience of captivity and faith. “Pray, pray, pray.Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, November 25, 2019 — Strange but true! Loreto Sisters in Kolkata have come up with what seems to be a new concept to serve the poor – Food ATM (Food Any Time Machine). But the Sisters say, they had this practice of serving the poor inContinue Reading
Patna, Nov 26, 2019: St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology in Patna on November 26 marked the Constitution Day with various programs. The students of various streams explained the significance of the Indian Constitution in today’s context through power point presentation. Earlier, the students of the college brought aContinue Reading
