By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Feb 16, 2022: India celebrates the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidass on February 16 every year. This year, President Ram Nath Kovind wished countrymen on the occasion. In a message posted on Twitter, President Kovind urged the people of the country to contribute towards buildingContinue Reading
Matter India Reporter Aruvikkara, Feb 16, 2022: Unknown persons become heroes overnight through their self-less service to humanity or their quick action to save someone from danger. One such person is Kiran Shyam, sub inspector of Aruvikkara in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district. His brave act that saved a person from anContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 15, 2022: As many as 53 incidents of violence against Christians were registered in the first 45 days of 2022, says an ecumenical group based in New Delhi. The United Christian Forum on February 15 said the incidents were recorded by its toll-freeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Feb 13, 2022: Viewers have thanked a Catholic television channel in Goa for helping them learn about candidates who are in the fray for the assembly elections in the western Indian state. Goa goes to poll on February 14 and 301 candidates from various politicalContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Feb 6, 2022: India woke up on February 6 to a news the nation and her citizens never wanted to hear. Lata Mangeshkar passed away at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital to Covid-related complications. The 92-year-old singer was fondly called ‘Nightingale of India’ for enthralling peopleContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Feb 6, 2022: The government of Karnataka has issued an order to ban religious dress in educational institutions to help maintain harmony in the southern Indian state. The February 5 move came after a dress code controversy in educational institutions divided some coastal districts of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6, 2022: Sister Grace Mathew was killed and three other Daughters of Mary nuns were wounded in a road accident near Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala, southern India. The nuns were returning from Thrissur on February 5 after attending an official meeting when their carContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Pune, Feb 5, 2022: Maher (“My mother’s home” in Marathi), an organization working for destitute women, children and men, in various parts of India, is celebrating its silver jubilee these days. The organization on February 2 completed 25 years of service. It is celebrating the jubilee withContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Bandra, Feb 3, 2022: A studio chapel was blessed and consecrated in the provincial house of the Society of St Paul in Mumbai’s Bandra suburb. Auxiliary Bishop John Rodrigues of Bombay blessed and inaugurated the chapel on January 28 in the presence of the Pauline Family membersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Jan 31, 2022: The government of Karnataka on January 31 conferred a Catholic center with the best NGO award for working among leprosy affected people in the southern Indian state. Sumanahalli (the village of good heart) Society, started by Bangalore archdiocese 45 years ago, wasContinue Reading
