By Joanna Slater New Delhi, Oct. 10, 2019 — India is marking the 150th birthday of Mohandas Gandhi, the man known as the father of the nation, and across the country there are exhibits, commemorations, marches, prisoner releases and even a 1,000-foot-long greeting card. But the celebrations this week maskContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes The Seven Sister States of India is a popular term for the 7 contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura prior to the inclusion of the state of Sikkim into the North Eastern Region of India. They share borders with China, Myanmar,Continue Reading
Nagpur, Oct. 8, 2019: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today described lynching as a “Western construct”, saying it shouldn’t be used to defame the country. Speaking at the annual Dusshera event in Nagpur, Mr Bhagwat said “… it is not that only a certain community targets people. The reverse also happens”.Continue Reading
Kochi, Oct. 7, 2019: A group of believers is kneeling before the tomb of Blessed Mother Mariam Thresia Chiramel in Puthanchira in Kerala’s Thrissur. Holding the Bible and rosaries in their hands, they pray before the saint in making—Mariam Thresia will be the fourth person to be canonised from Kerala.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pune, October 8, 2019: ‘Saint Romero and Pope Francis: Revolutionaries of Tender Love’ is the latest book of Francis Gonsalves, Gujarat Jesuit priest, theologian, journalist and social activist. Formerly Principal of Vidyajyoti College, Delhi, and now Dean of Theology, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, Gonsalves is also theContinue Reading
Changanacherry, October 8, 2019: An archdiocese in Kerala has expressed serious concern over the “alarming drop in the birthrate of Christians in the southern Indian state. During Kerala’s formation in 1956, Christians were the second largest community in the state. But now they are the third with only 18.38 percentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, October 8, 2019: A world renowned exorcist will be the keynote speaker at the sixth international course on deliverance to be held in Bengaluru, southern India. The Bengaluru-based Light of Christ Covenant Community will organize the October 13-19 annual course where Father Marcello Ghirlando, aContinue Reading
Circumstances are difficult for the Christians in our diocese—we often come up against restrictions in the practice of our faith,” said Bishop Stephen Antony Pillai. The 67-year-old prelate heads the Diocese of Tuticorin in southern India. He and 53 other Indian bishops recently met with Pope Francis during an adContinue Reading
Kolkata, Oct. 7, 2019: Religion and government are now identified with each other in India, a situation that prevailed in Europe before the separation of Church and State, Father George Pattery, head of Jesuits in South Asia, said here on Oct. 6. He stressed the need for a “mature, secularContinue Reading
Old Goa, October 5, 2019: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stressed the need to maintain harmony during his first visit to the headquarters of the Pilar Society, a prominent Catholic religious order in the western Indian state. Highlighting the concept of ‘sarva dharma sama bhava,’ embodying the equality of destinationContinue Reading
