By Robancy A Helen Bengaluru, Feb. 15, 2019: A two-day conference organized by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has mooted the idea of setting up a forum of Dalit Christians at the Asian level. The February 13-14 conference on the theme “Dalits Witnessing Faith at the Crossroads in SouthContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, February 15, 2019: The Media Commission of the Syro-Malabar Church has denied media reports that the Church’s land dealings have come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate. The commission also condemned such reports as “mischievous attempts” by “certain vested interests,” including Matters India, toContinue Reading
By Quaid Najmi Pune, Feb 14, 2019: Nine years after she lost her left leg in the infamous German Bakery blast here, Amrapali Chavan literally kicked ‘terror’ from the skies. The 37-year-old plucky and adventure-loving woman has created history by becoming the first handicapped person in India to paraglide fromContinue Reading
Srinagar, Feb. 14, 2019: At least 40 members a paramilitary force were killed on February 14 when their convoy was attacked by a suicide bomber. “One of the vehicles of the convoy was targeted,” said Zulfiqar Hassan, Inspector General (Operations) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). “It inflicted damageContinue Reading
Kochi, Feb. 14, 2019: The Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church has slapped a defamation notice on the office-bearers of the Archdiocesan Movement for Transparency (AMT) for the “damage to reputation” suffered on account of their Facebook posts and comments on the Church affairs. The synod has demanded 10Continue Reading
By Iqra Ahmed Darjeeling, Feb. 14, 2019: Salesian College Sonada celebrated its second World Radio Day (WRD) on February 13. The program was organized by Radio Salesian 90.8 FM with WRD 2019 theme: Dialogue, tolerance and peace. The WRD UNESCO event launched in 2011 marks a time when people aroundContinue Reading
KOCHI, Feb 13 2019: The land transaction in the Syro-Malabar Church, which had kicked up a row over alleged underhand dealings, has now attracted the attention of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). It is learnt ED authorities sought details of the case from the committee in Kochi appointed by the Vatican.Continue Reading
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
