By Sujata Jena SS.CC. Manila, January 20, 2019: A Benedictine nun, Maria Teresa Forcades, stressed on the need to promote “Gender equality” in society and Church. Forcades, liberal theologian and social activist of Catalania, Spain, left the audience spell bound as she started to speak on the topic, “Christian MissionContinue Reading
John Malvino Alfonso OCD The Discalced Carmelites are celebrating 400 years of their presence in India. They began their mission in India at Old Goa. The entire Carmelite family will have a joint celebration in Old Goa on 10February 2019. This coincides with an Extraordinary Definitory (a meeting of theContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan. 20, 2019: Sri Lanka wants to take back all Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are now in India, country’s High Commissioner to India Austin Fernando said on Jan. 18. “With around 5,000 of these refugees having already returned, we now want to take the rest of themContinue Reading
Punnackadu, Jan. 20, 2019: When Anjay and Nisha, a young couple from Kerala, were married at St Thomas’ Church in Punnackadu, last month, they planted saplings as part of the Church of South India’s new “Green Wedding” protocol. The couple were the first to be married in the CSI sinceContinue Reading
Kochi: Jan 20 : Six Kerala nuns, who have been leading a campaign against rape-accused Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, have written to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, seeking his urgent intervention in the case. The nuns, four of them have been transferred to different locations from the convent in Kottayam’s KuravilangadContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Kolkata, jan 19, 2019: A film on Australian doctor Graham Stuart Staines who served leprosy affected persons, for 34 years in the tribal interior of eastern India’s Odhisha state marks 20th year of the brutal killing by making it available in 6 languages. The Indian production film entitledContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan. 19, 2019: High in the Himalayas, Sikkim is one of the tiniest states in India. But it is about to embark on an experiment of global interest. Sikkim’s ruling party has announced an ambitious plan to implement a universal basic income for every one of its 610,577Continue Reading
Thiruvananathapuram, Jan 17, 2019: Even as the Catholic Church’s Jalandhar diocese reiterated its support for rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, five nuns leading the campaign against him said they have refused to accept transfer orders issued to them for fear of being targeted. “We will obey the church’s directive only ifContinue Reading
Mumbai, Jan 17, 2019: Five people have died after a major fire broke out in a high-rise residential building January 17 evening in Chembur, one of Mumbai’s largest suburbs. The fire started on the 11th floor of building number 35 in the B wing of Sargam Society. The housing societyContinue Reading
By Alphonsa Kumari Kolkata, Jan. 17, 2019: Basanti Soren is an Adivasi social activist, who has started “Nari Mukhti Chetana Sangathan” (‘Women’s Liberative Consciousness Movement.’). The movement is leaping out from Udayani (awakening), social action forum of Calcutta Jesuits. Soren shared her life and activities with Alphonsa Kumari. Excerpts: MATTERSContinue Reading
