By Matters India reporter Panaji, March 14, 2022: A candle vigil prayer was organized for Ukraine at St Sebastian’s Chapel, Fontainhas in the Goan capital of Panaji. The two-hour program on March 12 comprised Gospel music, songs and a message by Father Savio Fernandes, executive secretary of Council for SocialContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao: The Catholic bishop of India’s remotest diocese has appealed children to pray for their counterparts in war-torn Ukraine. Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao made the appeal March 10 soon after Russian airstrikes hit a kindergarten in Dnipro city of Ukraine. “I appeal to all our childrenContinue Reading
Lviv, March 9, 2022: A photo of a statue of Jesus being removed from a Ukrainian cathedral and put into storage has prompted hundreds of retweets as the world grasps the full implications of the Russian shelling in Ukraine. The tweet about the statue, from the Armenian Cathedral of Lviv,Continue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Chennai, March 9, 2022: Priya Rajan is the first Dalit mayor of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu and India’s the fourth largest city with a population of nearly 10 million. She was sworn in on March 4. At 28, she is the youngest person and thirdContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, March 8, 2022: Salesian College Siliguri on March 8 celebrated International Women’s Day honoring one of the women centenarians of Siliguri, and holding annual Sangam ethnic day. Inaugurating ethnic day, Principal Salesian Father George Thadathil complimented students and faculty for choosing a relevant theme “IndiaContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kailashahar, March 7, 2022: Tribal women in Tripura have marked the International Women’s Day by praying for the victims of war in Ukraine. “We pray for the repose of the souls of barbarian war in Ukraine by Russia and send peace vibrations to the families who haveContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, March 6, 2022: In a post-Covid outreach effort to connect with the local community, Radio Salesian journalists made their first attempt and reached one of the far flung tea garden in Mirik Sub-Division, some two hour drive from Sonada. On March 5, Radio Salesian RJ teamContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, March 4, 2022: Some politicians in India are being publicly criticized for their controversial remarks on student evacuation from the war-torn Ukraine. The latest to draw public ire was Arvind Bellad, a member of Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, who said it was better to bringContinue Reading
By LiCAS.news Manila, Feb 28, 2022: Christian Churches across Asia condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine last week and called for an end to the conflict. “Humanity is not destined for self-destruction,” read a statement from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan. “Differences in ideology, national purpose, and in whatContinue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario Kolkata, Feb 21, 2022: A group of delegates from Kashmir spent a week in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata to build fellowship and seek support of government officials and civil society to their demands for protection and security. Two units of Rotary Club in theContinue Reading
