By Paul Anand New Delhi, Feb 22, 2022: The Islamic Studies Association, Delhi and the Jesuit Secretariat for Service of Faith in South Asia jointly organized a series of webinars to celebrate Human Fraternity Day. Three leading international speakers – Professors Edward Joseph Alam (Notre Dame University, Beirut, Lebanon), GabrielContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Feb 12, 2022: The Cloistered Carmel at Chicalim in the Archdiocese of Goa-Daman on February 12 celebrated 75 years of its foundation with a concelebrated Mass. Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa-Daman, presiding over the Eucharist, appreciated the Carmelite community saying, “So many people haveContinue Reading

By Purushottam Nayak, Simonbadi, Feb 3, 2022: Three survivors of the worst anti-Christian violence in modern India have been ordained as Capuchin priests. Bishop Aplinar Senapati of Rayagada February 1 ordained Deacons Surya Kanth Mallick, Alphonse Kumar Balliarsingh and Ajay Balliarsingh at Mary Mata Parish, Simonbadi in Odisha state’s KandhamalContinue Reading

By Robancy A Helen Viruthachalam, Jan 30, 2022: Father A. Pitchaimuthu, a practitioner of Siddha medicine famous for composing the Catholic liturgy in folk style, died January 30 in Tamil Nadu, southern India. He was 82. The death of the priest, who was also an educationist, occurred at 5:30 amContinue Reading

By Irudhaya Jothi Dindigul, Jan 26, 2022: Jesuit canonist and lawyer and a former professor in Delhi’s Vidyajyoti theologate died of Covid-19 January 26 in Dindigul town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was 69. Father Jeyaseelan Thomas Barnabas suffered a massive heart attack and died atContinue Reading