By F M Britto Raipur, July 3, 2023: Within eleven days of the crime, the Chhattisgarh police have arrested the inter-state looters of money from the Bagbahara presbytery of Raipur archdiocese. “Because it happened in the place of worship, the police took it very seriously,” Father Varghese Thekkekut, parish priestContinue Reading
By Bandana Lohagun Sonada:July 1, 2023 — First community radio of Darjeeling bagged National Award for Entertainment and Development Excellence along with awards for Industry giants. On receiving the award, Director of Salesian Radio 90.8 FM, Father C. M. Paul, said, “This award has come to us solely due toContinue Reading
By Pervez Bari Bhopal, June 29, 2023: Five organizations of the survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal have congratulated researchers who have vindicated the gas victims’ stand on the magnitude and long-term consequences of the disaster. The recently published scientific study on the health impact of theContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, June 28, 2023: Christians from various denominations have come together around the tomb of Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata to pray for peace in Manipur, a northeastern Indian state where ethnic violence has raged for the past two months. The Commission for Ecumenism under the ConferenceContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, June 26, 2023: Some 500 people from all walks of life came together in Patna to organize a silent march and interfaith prayer to mark their protest against the continued violence and human rights violations in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. “Manipur has beenContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 25, 2023: A Catholic priest in Kerala, who recently left active ministry to work for Church reformation, laments that the bishops in his home state now act like their counterparts in Germany during the Hitler era. In a letter titled, “If not now, when?”Continue Reading
By Bernard G. Sangma Tura, June 25, 2023: Catholics across the Garo Hills of Meghalaya in northeastern India came together June 24 to observe a day of prayer and fasting for the troubled state of Manipur. Responding to the urgent need for peace and tranquillity, the Catholic parishes in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 22, 2023: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has directed its faithful to observe July 2 as day of prayer for the suffering people of the violence-hit Manipur in the Northeast. A June 22 message from conference president Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of TrichurContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, June 23, 2023: Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão of Goa and Daman, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in India, has urged people to use the social media responsibly and avoid becoming social hermits. The cardinal said this June 23 while releasing the Indian editionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ahmedabad, June 22, 2023: The national association of Catholic journalists in India on June 22 demanded the dismissal of the government in the strife-torn northeastern Indian state of Manipur. “It is 50 days since violence broke out in Manipur on May 3. Though the reality isContinue Reading