Pathanamthitta, Oct. 16, 2019: The Thiruvalla-based Central Travancore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CTCCI) has proposed a sustainable model of development for tier-II and tier-III towns in the Central Travncore region spread. The proposal is against the backdrop of the government decision to set up the proposed Sabari International GreenfieldContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi SJ Ragabpur, October 15, 2019: Starvation has killed more Dalits and Adivasis than people of other communities in India, according to the Right To Food Campaign. The campaign has prepared a data sheet of the details of starvation deaths as reported in the mainstream media from 2015Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, October 15, 2019: Bishop Emeritus Antony Devotta of Tiruchirappalli passed away due to a massive heart attack on October 15, according to a press release from the Bengaluru-based Conference of Catholic Bishops of India. The end came at 2:20 am at St Augustine Minor Seminary,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pune, October 15, 2019: When Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio chose for his papal name Francis after the globally acclaimed the poor one of Assisi on March 13, 2013, many expected him to strive for renewal in the Church plagued with innumerable problems — internal andContinue Reading
Bareilly, October 14, 2019: In an uncanny incident, a father found an earthen pot with a newborn girl in it when he was digging a pit to bury his own stillborn daughter who had died minutes after birth. According to reports, Hitesh Kumar Sirohi, a trader, rescued the newborn girlContinue Reading
Shillong, Oct. 14, 2019: Archbishop Dominic Jala of the Shillong Archdiocese who passed away in California had left an unfinished task — translating the Missal from Latin to English. The Missal is a book containing texts used in the Catholic Mass throughout the year. Archbishop Jala, 68, died on theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Nagpur, October 14, 2019: Women, particularly from Dalit community, need to organize themselves and affirm leadership skills to transform India with the ideals of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, says Cynthia Stephen, social activist and researcher. Dalit women are to work to bring Babasaheb’s dream of an equalContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bangalore, October 14, 2019: Hundreds of people attended the burial of former Bishop John Baptist Sequeira of Chikmagalur among common people on November 11 in St. Patrick’s Church Cemetery in Bengaluru. Bishop Sequeira died on October 9 due to old age ailments at the Home ofContinue Reading
Goa, October 13, 2019: The 44th annual research seminar of the Association of Christian Philosophers of India (ACPI) will take place at the St. Joseph Vaz Spiritual Renewal Centre, Old Goa. The October 23 to 25 seminar will address the theme: “Philosophizing Science: Promises, Perils and Possibilities.” The seminar willContinue Reading
New Delhi, October 12, 2019: Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan will lead the Indian delegation at the ceremony in which Pope Francis will declare Mariam Thresia a saint in Vatican City on Oct. 13. Muraleedharan will visit the Vatican City on October 12-13 for the canonisation ofContinue Reading
