By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 11, 2024: Nirmala Carvalho, a veteran journalist who contributes regularly to Church publications in India and overseas, has won the prestigious Golden Pen Award for excellence in journalism, given by The Examiner, a 175-year-old weekly published from Mumbai. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, March 7, 2024: Some 200 women, representing mostly slums in the eastern Indian city of Patna, celebrated the International Women’s Day by pledging to protect the country’s Constitution and democracy. The March 6 program was inspired by the “Kittur Declaration” that urged Indian women toContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Partamaha, March 6, 2024: More than 25,000 people, who attended the annual feast of a Marian shrine associated with a Hindu woman in Odisha, have credited Mother Mary for the Vatican recognition of the Kandhamal martyrs. Saraj Nayak, the secretary of the development committee of Partamaha MarianContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 5, 2024: The Indian government asked its people in Israel to move to safer places on March 5, a day after an anti-tank missile strike killed its first national in the ongoing war in the Middle Eastern country. “In view of the prevailingContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi, March 3, 2024: Hundreds of women, who rallied in Varanasi on March3, have demanded that political parties should deny tickets to those accused of sexual crimes in the General Elections 2024. “Those accused of sexual crimes should not be given tickets to contest elections. Complaints againstContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mangaluru, March 3, 2024: A Catholic priest, who was on an annual house blessing visit to his parishioners, ended up with a suspension order from Mangalore diocese for misbehaving with an elderly couple. A video footage that went viral on February 29, shows Father Nelson OliveraContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 27, 2024: Pope Francis on February 27 appointed Father Johannes Gorantla as the sixth bishop of Kurnool diocese in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. This appointment was made public at noon in Rome and its corresponding time in India on the bishop-elect’sContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Chennai, Feb 24, 2024: An octogenarian Catholic priest says an award he received from the Tamil Nadu government is the recognition of what Christians have contributed to the growth of Tamil language in the past five centuries. “I am glad the Christian contribution to Tamil languageContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palai, Feb 24, 2024: The Syro-Malabar Church on February 24 condemned the attack on a priest by some who intruded into a church premises in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The violence against the priest is “totally condemnable and the government should take strong action,”Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Kuttikkanam, Feb 24, 2024: Educational institutions and technology centers should adapt policies that ensure “inclusive and equitable digital access for persons with disability,” stated a national conference on disability and digital access. “Equitable Digital Access for Persons with Disability.” was the theme of the February 19-20 conferenceContinue Reading
