Sept. 3, 2019: Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, funded a project at Bosco Gramin Vikas Kendra, located in Maharashtra, India, to teach youth English language lessons. The goal was to help these young students learn the English language, introduce them to leadership skillsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mayurbhanj, September 3, 2019: About 5,000 people attended the 20th death anniversary of Father Arul Doss who was killed by a fundamentalist mob in a remote village of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. Christians and others from far and wide attended Mass on September 2 at Jamabani villageContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept3, 2019: As India reached one step closer to historic moon mission as lander ‘Vikram’ separated from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, 22-year-old Heidi Saadiya from Kerala was also making history. Saadiya, who made her debut as a reporter on September 2, is the first transgender broadcast journalist from the southern IndianContinue Reading
Mirzapur, September 2, 2019: The government of Uttar Pradesh has filed a case against journalist who shot a video of students of a school eating rotis with salt as their mid-day meal. In its complaint, the Block Education Office of eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district has accused the journalist, PawanContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, September 2, 2019: More than 450 parishioners of Panaji’s Mary Immaculate Church on September 1 went on a cruise trip to Bom Jesus Basilica in Old Goa to keep alive a traditional thanksgiving pilgrimage. “This is the 165th year of the pilgrimage. It is handed downContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept. 2, 2019: Jawaharlal Nehru University is in the process of reviewing the position of all its emeritus professors who are above the age of 75 years. At least five such professors, including renowned historian Romila Thapar and sociologist T.K. Oommen, have received letters from JNU’s registrar askingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 2, 2019: More than 100 Christians protested against the growing attacks on churches nationwide in New Delhi. “Christians are persecuted in India. We are fighting for our fundamental Rights—right to worship as citizens of this country. Thus we are ambled here to protestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, September 2, 2019: The Archdiocese of Patna, Bihar, on September 1 inaugurated Inter-Religious Dialogue Institute Rajgir (IRDIR) to foster peace, harmony and solidarity among different religions in northern India. “It is our duty to spread good will and religious unity. This [IRDIR] is dedicated forContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Kanjamendi, September 2, 2019: More than 150 leaders of Kandhamal and other parts of Odisha attended the memorial day of the persons martyred during 2007 and 2008 anti-Christian Kandhamal violence. Men and women from all denominations and other communities gathered at Catholic Church, Kanjamendi, on August 31Continue Reading
Bhopal, September 1, 2019: Social activist Medha Patkar’s health has started deteriorating a week into her indefinite hunger strike to demand swift rehabilitation of thousands affected by floods in areas surrounding the Sardar Sarovar Dam. She launched the agitation — called the “Narmada Chunauti Satyagraha” — at Chhota Barda inContinue Reading