New Delhi: The publication of a rape accused bishop’s picture with Pope Francis in a feast day greeting has upset a group of Catholic women in India. A press release issued by Sisters in Solidarity on October 6 says its members “are perturbed to see a greeting that is beingContinue Reading
Ranchi: Father Louis Francken, a Jesuit missionary from Belgium who worked hard to educate poor tribal people in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, died October 5 in Ranchi. He was 82. “With great sadness we inform you that Father Louis Francken, S.J. breathed his last at 11:00 pm onContinue Reading
Thalassery: Archbishop George Njaralakatt of Tellicherry and his Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Pamplany were on October 3 admitted to a private hospital after they were tested positive for Covid-19. Two priest residents of the Archbishop’s House were also tested positive. Father Thomas Thengumpallil, the public relation officer of the southern IndianContinue Reading
New Delhi: Caritas India, the aid agency of the Catholic bishops in India, was on October 2 awarded the best NGO 2020 for healthcare services during Covid-19. Federal Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan presented the award to Caritas executive director Father Paul Moonjeli during a virtual ceremony.Continue Reading
New Delhi: The gangrape and torture of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh that led to her death has triggered nationwide outrage. The 19-year-old woman died September 29, two weeks after she was allegedly gang-raped and strangled by upper caste men in the northern Indian state’s Hathras district. District PoliceContinue Reading
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has signed all three controversial farm bills that are at the center of a huge political storm in India. Flagging the bills as “historic” reforms in the agriculture sector, the federal has said it would help the country’s farmers proceed into the 21st century,Continue Reading
New Delhi: Catholic nuns working among distressed women have joined social activists to welcome a recent Supreme Court order to aid commercial sex workers, one of the groups made most vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic. “We wholeheartedly welcome the Supreme Court verdict in favor of sex workers,” Says Sister ThresiammaContinue Reading
Kolkata: The music department of a school in Kolkata has engineered the launch of a project where artists from across the globe come together to spread the message of love, hope and unity. “Artists from Japan to Brazil from Canada to Australia have come together to share just one messageContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The southern Indian state of Kerala has won a United Nations award for its “outstanding contribution” towards the non-communicable diseases-related sustainable development goals. The UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) award this year on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases was announced September 24 by World Health Organization director-general TedrosContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 24, 2020: A Catholic nun, who has promoted “Clean India Campaign” in Manipur, was among 42 people who on September 24 were awarded by President Ram Nath Kovind. The president conferred the National Services Scheme Awards for the year 2018-2019 on Sister WilliamContinue Reading