Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Feb 11, 2019: a – Although the Catholic Church has marked a World Day of the Sick every year since 1992, this time around it has a special twist: The observance launched two days early in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, the city associated above all with Mother Teresa,Continue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 12, 2019: Although child marriages in India have declined, a few states like Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan continue to carry on with the harmful practice and there is nearly 40 per cent prevalence in these states, the Unicef said. A new report ‘Factsheet Child Marriages 2019′Continue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 12, 2019: Seventeen people, many of them sleeping guests, were killed in a fire at a hotel in central Delhi’s congested Karol Bagh area early Feb 12 morning. Some of the victims were charred to death and others suffocated in the poisonous fumes. A woman and aContinue Reading
Bandel, Feb 11, 2019: The 420-year-old Bandel Church here observed the 27th ‘World Day of the Sick’ Monday with special prayers, the church said in a release. Apart from prayers for healing, it also anointed 50 sick people. Anointing of the Sick is a sacrament of the Catholic Church thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Feb 11, 2019: The South Asian Dalit Christian Conference is to be held at NBCLC, Bangaluru, South India, Feb. 13 – 14. The topic chosen is “Dalits Witnessing Faith at the Cross Roads in South Asia and Christian Response.” Participants include Dalit Religious, priests, bishops,Continue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Bengaluru, Feb. 11, 2019: A retired Supreme Court judge known for his compassion for the downtrodden has urged Christian priests and religious to refrain from amassing material goods but serve their people. “Priests and religious have to collect only what is left out after feeding the people.Continue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 9, 2019: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Scheduled Caste/BC (Dalits and Backward Classes) has welcomed the Andhra Pradesh’s bill to accord Scheduled Caste (SC) status to Dalit Christians. Already some of the states have passed the same resolution in their assemblies. The resentContinue Reading
Bandel, Feb. 10, 2019: Three-day celebrations for 27th World Day of the Sick held in Kolkata will conclude at historic Marian Basilica with prayers for healing as well as anointing of some 50 sick people and unveiling of commemorative mural, 11 February. The date, 11 February is significant as itContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb. 9, 2019: The death toll in spurious liquor cases reported from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand crossed 90 on Feb 9 with some more deaths being reported from Meerut and parts of Uttarakhand. Till now 38 people have died in Saharanpur, 18 in Meerut and 10 people haveContinue Reading
Father Francois Laborde has set up the Howrah South Point, an organisation working for the development of specially-abled children, the destitute and the most deprived sections of the society.