By Matters India Reporter Gorakhpur, Nov 27, 2022: Cultural activists working for peace in northern India have organized a rally on harmony and reconciliation amid hate messages and violence against Christians, Muslims, Dalits, Tribals and women. The five-day rally that covered the eastern region of Uttar Pradesh state concluded NovemberContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kondagaon, Nov 24, 2022: Members of eight tribal families who practice Christian faith in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh are now living in fear after people of their community thrashed them for not giving up their new faith. “We were beaten up on November 22Continue Reading
By Allen Brooks Guwahati, Nov 24, 2022: Christian leaders in northeastern India on November 24 voiced great anxiety about “alarmist news” being spread in connection with the issue of conversion. Such “painful developments” are “nothing but an effort to malign our community which has rendered yeoman service in the fieldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Old Goa, Nov 23, 2022: The Prison Ministry India (PMI) has urged the government and the Church to adopt concrete steps to ease the hardship of those behind bars, their families and rehabilitation of the released. “Incarceration must give every opportunity for prisoners to accept theirContinue Reading
By Sophie Drew London, Nov 21, 2022: An organization that tries to combat the persecution of people of faith across the globe has welcomed the news that Myanmar has released around 6,000 prisoners as part of an amnesty; 53 of them are political prisoners arrested for activism. “While we welcomeContinue Reading
By LiCAS.news November 18, 2022: A Filipino Catholic nun waves a “red card” for Qatar for alleged lack of respect for human rights and for reportedly exploiting migrant workers ahead of the World Cup that will open on November 20. In football, a “red card” is shown by a refereeContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Nov 13, 2022: More than 460 volunteers of the Prison Ministry India will gather in Goa to address “Reform to Integrate .” The ministry’s 13th national convention on November 15-18 at Joseph Vaz Renewal Centre, Old Goa, will be attended also by a cardinal, three bishops,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, Nov 12, 2022: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) sleuths have raided the office and residence of an Evangelical Lutheran Church bishop and four associates for alleged charges of embezzlement of employees’ provident fund to the tune of 50 million rupees in the central Indian stateContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Duliajan, Nov 9, 2022: A Salesian priest has been training industry professionals in northeastern India. Father V M Thomas is now busy conducting 19 training programs for the Oil India Ltd company executives. The two-day programs for 576 in batches of 30 began in July andContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Tuticorin, Nov 3, 2022: The discovery of coins dating back to the 16th century has brought limelight to a Catholic village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The coins were discovered after Aasai Thambi, an officer of the Department of Archaeology, began excavation inContinue Reading
