By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct 25, 2023: The Vatican Dicastery for Church Unity has appointed Jesuit Father Jijimon Puthuveettilkalam as a member of the International Theological Commission for Church Unity Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church. The appointment of the member of the Kerala JesuitContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Rome, Sept 10, 2023: The supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India, Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, Catholicos of the East and Metropolitan, will visit Pope Francis on September 11. The Vatican Press Office said on September 8 that after the private meeting withContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Pondicherry, Aug 22, 2023: An Indian Catholic priest, who attended the recent World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, says the grace-filled experience has changed his attitude to life and service. “Attending the World Youth Day was a life-satisfying moment. Life is full of memories. Some areContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Geneva, Aug 19, 2023: A global media rights body has condemned the murder of a young journalist in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) on August 18 demanded a high-level probe into the incident to unearth the motive behind the assassinationContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New York, August 7, 2023: The Indian Christian community in the Tri-state area organized a vigil in front of the United Nations to pray for peace and justice in Manipur where ethnic clashes have raged since May 3. The participants of the August 5 program prayedContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 31, 2023: Jose Abraham, a lawyer of the Supreme Court of India, has been awarded by the State Department of the United States of America for his remarkable work in his field. The US department announced the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Impact AwardContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 8, 2023: A young Indian climate activist has urged Pope Francis to help bring peace in Manipur, her troubled state in northeastern India. Licypriya Kangujam on June 5 met the Pope and briefed him about the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur. The 11-year-old girl also submitted aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Knock, May 16, 2023: The liturgy dispute in India’s Syro-Malabar Church was raised at an annual pilgrimage to an international Eucharistic and Marian Shrine in Ireland’s Knock town. Around 4,000 Catholics attended the May 13 pilgrimage of the Syro Malabar Community living in Ireland that wasContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, April 17, 2023: Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar joined those mourning the death of Albert Augustine, an Indian Catholic who was among 60 killed in the ongoing clashes in Sudan. “The situation in Khartoum remains one of great concern. We will continue to monitor developments,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New York, April 8, 2023: An Indian American who wrote about pioneering American and Indian women in a Bihar town has won a 74-year-old award that salutes media that “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.” Jyoti Thottam, daughter of an Indian nurse settled inContinue Reading
