Milan, Sept. 29, 2021: Pope Francis sent a video message to some 400 young people from 197 countries participating in a three-day Youth4Climate meet taking place in Milan, northern Italy. Technical and political solutions to humanity’s crises, such as climate change and the environment, are not enough unless there isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jaipur: A seminar on “Responsible citizenship of India” stressed the need to safeguard the country’s Constitution, which the participants noted was the result of a long struggle for freedom. “It is the Constitution that made us citizens breaking the unjust bonds of slavery and being ruledContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Rome, Sept. 25, 2021: The 24th general chapter of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, popularly known as Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, is now underway in Rome. The Salesian Sisters, one of the largest Catholic religious congregations of women, was founded in 1872 at Mornese,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Sept 23, 2021: A recent program to create awareness among Catholic LGBTQ+ people turned out to be an amalgam of personal stories, professional insights and clerical support. Around 40 people attended the online program on the theme, “Not a Phase… Love, Me,” conducted by theContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Zuarinagar, Sept. 23, 2021: A social service center managed by Goa’s Holy Family Sisters has braved pandemic threats to conduct free medical camp for a slum area in the southwestern Indian state. The Kiran Niketan Social Centre is situated inside the slums of Birla Zuarinagar area andContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Sept. 23, 2021: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has debunked a bishop’s allegation that some groups are using fake love and narcotics to trap Catholic youth in the southern Indian state. The chief minister on September 22 presented data from the crime department to prove theContinue Reading
By Stephen Alathara Bengaluru: The Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) has established a Bioethics Forum and appointed Father Christopher Vimalraj from the Archdiocese of Bangalore as its first director. Bioethics is generally understood to refer to the ethical implications and applications of the health-related life sciences. The decisionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) has launched the ‘Mary Glowrey – Liliane Brekelmans Disability Award 2021’. This award was instituted as a token of appreciation from Liliane Fonds (LF) of the Netherlands for CHAI’s services to 33000 children and youth with disabilities inContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has told an important international conference on the protection of vulnerable children and adults that misguided concern for the Church reputation should not sideline abuse victims’ welfare. The conference for the Churches of Central and Eastern Europe on September 19 kicked off in the Polish capital,Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: A Fransalian priest remained critical on September 20 following a head surgery two days after he and another priest met with a road accident in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. “We have asked special prayers for” Father Nagothu Sampath, said Fransalian Father PContinue Reading
