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.
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb. 7, 2019: An Indian magazine has asked the federal government to derecognize the Vatican as a state for the Church’s alleged interference in the country’s politics. Church’s political interference should make Indian government sit up and formally take note, says an article swarajyamag.comContinue Reading
Ashok Sharma New Delhi, Feb 5, 2019: Their offices raided, bank accounts frozen and travel restricted, international aid and rights groups with deep roots in India say they are struggling to operate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has elevated the role of sympathetic homegrownContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Feb 6, 2019: The third Asian Congress and 10th Indian National Council of the World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF) were held in Kolkata. The event took place from February 3 -5 at Seva Kendra, Kolkata, followed by in Goa, February 6-7. It was to furtherContinue Reading
