Dimapur, June 15, 2022: Most children in Nagaland with intellectual disabilities do not have valid certificate to avail government benefits, says an officer of the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. Doctor Ravi Prakash Singh, officer-in-charge of the institute’s regional center in Navi Mumbai, was inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jun 14, 2022: An organization formed to support Catholic nuns in distress, on June 14 petitioned Pope Francis against the alleged move to “reinstate” Bishop Franco Mulakkal as head of the diocese of Jalandhar. The appeal from Save Our Sisters (SOS) claims that a trialContinue Reading
By Francis Fernandes Mumbai, June 14, 2022: The Labour Commission of the archdiocese of Bombay has felicitated Christine Nathan, the newly elected president of Council of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). Nathan, a member of Bombay archdiocesan labor commission, is the first Asian and second woman to head theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 8, 2022: A Catholic priest says he has not overcome the trauma of kidnap and robbery even a week after the incident. “I am alive today only because of God’s grace. I was afraid the gang would kill and bury me at a placeContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 8, 2022: A Catholic nun has come to public with allegations of torture and mental harassment from her congregation. Sister Elcina, nee K V Sudha, a member the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy, an Italian congregation, made the revelation to media on JuneContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Imphal, June 6, 2022: All Catholic educational institutions in Manipur will close June 7 to protest an explosion on the premises of a Church school in Imphal, capital of the northeastern Indian state. The decision was taken during an emergency meeting with the Catholic Educational SocietyContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 6, 2022: Catholic women leaders in India say the death sentence awarded to a man who had raped and brutalized a woman in Mumbai would work as a deterrent. “The perpetrators must be taught a lesson and society at large must come to believeContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 5, 2022: Food rights activists want India to take urgent steps to solve a nutritional emergency facing the country. They endorsed the findings of a survey that showed millions of Indians dying every year because of diseases directly linked to poor diet. “The countryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, June 4, 2022: A Catholic college in Goa marked the western Indian state’s 35th statehood day by launching a mangrove conservation project. Goa was made a state in India on May 30, 1987. St. Joseph Vaz College in Cortalim, 17 km south of the stateContinue Reading
By P R John Raichur, June 1, 2022: The diocese of Bellary in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has dedicated a new shrine to migrant laborers, especially those engaged in construction works. Bishop Henry D’Souza of Bellary on May 31 blessed and dedicated Infant Jesus Shrine in Raichur, aContinue Reading
