Kochi, July 14, 2019: Almaaya Munnettam, the combine of lay people in the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly, has congratulated parishes which “ignored” a circular sent out by Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, to be read out during the July 14 mass. The lay people’s combine hasContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, July 14, 2019: Among the Christians, about 50 percent are Catholics (their three different Churches owe allegiance to the Pope), while the remaining 50 percent comprise the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and the Mar Thoma Church (all three headquartered in Kerala) as wellContinue Reading
Kolkata, Jul 11=2, 2019: The West Bengal Assembly has adopted resolutions against rise of communalism in the eastern Indian state. One resolution was moved on July 11 by the ruling Trinamul Congress and the other by the Communist Party of India and Congress combine. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserts theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, July 12, 2019: Montfort Social Institute in Hyderabad, India, will host the launch meeting of the newly formed South Asian People’s Action on Climate Crisis (SAPACC), a rainbow coalition of South Asian civil society organizations. The September 18-21 meet on “Keep the Climate, Change theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 11, 2019: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has appointed Father Roque Noronha as the new national coordinator of Port Chaplains in India. Born on November 2, 1965, in Margao, Goa, Fr. Noronha was ordained a priest on May 7, 1994, for theContinue Reading
Chennai, July 11, 2019: When the water’s gone, you bathe in what drips out of the air-conditioner. You no longer allow yourself the luxury of an evening shower at the end of a steamy summer’s day. You sprint down two flights of stairs with plastic pots as soon as aContinue Reading
By Rupesh Samant Vasco, Jul 11, 2019: The final rites on Goa’s former minister Wilfred Misquita, who was born a Catholic, were performed in the Hindu way. The mortal remains of Misquita were cremated in Hindu crematorium at the port town of Vasco July 10. “That was his last wish.Continue Reading
Kochi, July 11, 2019: Cardinal George Alencherry, who has been facing a revolt by a section of the priests in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese, says that he harbors no animosity against anyone. The cardinal, who is the head of the Syro-Malabar Church, was speaking at the opening of the Kuwait ReturneesContinue Reading
Guwahati, July 11, 2019: The recent suicide of a teenage girl has highlighted the anguish of hundreds of thousands of residents of Assam who have been anxious and distressed about their residential status in the northeastern Indian state. Noor Nehar Begum took her life on June 26, the same dayContinue Reading
Mumbai, July 10, 2019: A section of the East Indian community is holding the ‘Mot Mauli Yatra’ for the second year in city gaothans. The idea is to create awareness about the native devotion of Mother Mary. Mount Mary is considered to be one of the native forms of MotherContinue Reading
