Kandhamal, Jan. 14, 2019: About 3,000 survivors of the anti-Christian massacres in Orissa in 2008 still claim legitimate compensation in proceedings underway in front of the Supreme Court. The meeting held on Jan. 12 was attended by Archbishop John Barwa, of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, and lawyer Colin Gonsalves, Thomas Minze, President ofContinue Reading
Mumbai, Jan 14, 2019: In a “dynamic and fast-changing” society, the Church in India must embrace “flexibility” in pastoral ministry, according to one bishop in the country. “Evangelization demands creativity and innovation. God is ever new and ancient,” said Bishop Thomas Dabre of Poona at the beginning of this week’sContinue Reading
By Devasagayaraj M. Zackarias New Delhi, Jan 12, 2019: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for SC/BC is deeply concerned about the dichotomy in rendering social justice in India. Both the houses of the Parliament passed the bill giving 10% reservation in education and employment for the EconomicallyContinue Reading
By : Matters India Reporter Bhopal, Jan 11, 2019: Two Catholic priests have been injured one of them critically when the car in which they were travelling crashed on a tree in Central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on January 11. The injured have been admitted to a private hospitalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Jan. 10, 2019: The second workshop for Dalit Christian artists will take place at the Indian Social Institute, Bengaluru, southern India. The Office for Scheduled Caste/Backward Class under the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) is organizing the January 18-19 workshop to revive long forgottenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Jan. 9, 2019: Various civil society organizations and individuals in India plan to commemorate the 71th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi by appealing the nation to resist and confront the growing culture of violence facing the country. India observes January 30 as Mahatma Gandhi’s MartyrdomContinue Reading
Ranchi, Jan. 9, 2019: An international NGO promoting media freedom has demanded an independent probe into the murder of a tribal journalist in Jharkhand state in eastern India. The Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the world’s biggest NGO specializing in the defense of media freedom, on January 9 said it wasContinue Reading
Mumbai, Jan 9, 2019: A collective of civil society activists on Jan. 9 appealed to general public to celebrate the 71st death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30 by observing a minute’s silence against “the growing culture of violence facing the country”. “Today, 70 years after Independence, we areContinue Reading
Kochi, Jan. 8, 2019: The Archdiocesan Movement for Transparency, a combine of laymen focused on reforms and transparency in the administration of the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly, has demanded that bishops must declare their assets and liabilities at the Synod of bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church. The demand has beenContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan. 7, 2019: The number of defence personnel committing suicide was highest in the Indian Army among the three services in the last three years, data shows. In 2018, a total of 80 army personnel committed suicide. The total number of suicides in the Air Force was 16Continue Reading
