By Irudaya Jothi SJ Kolkata: National Nutrition Mission has decided to declare September as the “Poushan Maah” in West Bengal–it is Bhadra and Ashwin (mid-August to mid-October) the worst months for hunger as it is the same story in many parts of rural India. Media groups have regularly reported ‘starvationContinue Reading
By Mattes India Reporter New Delhi: There is an urgent need to side with the Dalits in India. This was stressed during a consultation jointly organized by Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Dalits and Backward Classes and Christian Institute for the study of Religion (CISRS) on theContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Darjeeling: Samar Thapa, a Darjeeling based energy engineering scholar, has become the first one in the region to get doctorate in Building Thermal Comfort and Environment. Thapa, an assistant professor of Environmental Studies at Salesian College Sonada for more than 15 years, successfully defended his doctoral thesisContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri: A Catholic priest working for child rights and social justice in eastern India upholds humanity as paramount. “Humanity should stand first before any other religion,” said Father Felix Antony Pinto, director at Ashagram Children’s Home, Ranidanga, and director of Seva Kendra Siliguri of Bagdogra diocese,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Kerala High Court has fixed October 3 to deliver its decision on the bail plea of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested on charges of raping a Catholic nun. Justice V. Raja Vijayaraghavan on September 27 heard the arguments of the defense and the prosecution inContinue Reading
New Delhi: Adultery is no longer a crime in India though “without a shadow of doubt” can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said on September 27, junking a 158-year law that punished a man for an affair but not the woman, treating her as her husband’s property. “TheContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Kolkata: The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Church Art Kolkata organized a musical soiree, to promote culture and social harmony. The September 25program showcased a classical Indian slide guitar artist Bhaskar Mukhopadhyay and a medley of folk songs of Bengal rendered by Bandel Loke SamsadContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Bhubaneswar: Catholic priests in India need to work more for justice and human rights issues defending the poor and the marginalized, said Father X. D. Selvaraj, president of the Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI). “CPCI is progressively oriented priest coming together, reasonably to inspire and encourageContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Jaunpur, a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has witnessed “aggressive onslaught” on Christians from Hindu fundamental groups, says the Indian unit of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), an advocacy group. “In September the district has witnessed 12 incidents of violence againstContinue Reading
Aizawl:The largest Christian denomination of Mizoram – the Mizoram Presbyterian Church has issued an election statement warning political parties and candidates not to make tall promises that cannot be delivered. In the election decree which was issued last week, the Mizoram Presbyterian Church warned all political parties to field candidatesContinue Reading
