By Fr. Elvis Fernandes Pilar, October 9, 2019: A visiting bishop from Mauritania has commended the Pilar missionaries from India for their loving and dedicated service to the nomads of Sahara. Bishop Martin Happe of Nouakchott, who was on a visit to the headquarters of the Society of Pilar, saidContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pune, October 5, 2019: Women are restless for justice in the face of economic, political and social systems that produce divisions and inequality in society, says the Indian Christian Women’s Movement. “We see the whipping up of peoples’ fears, and the dismantling of democratic institutions whichContinue Reading
Fr Robinson Rodrigues New Delhi, October 2, 2019: Hundreds of Christians from various denominations living in the national capital on October 2 prayed for the nation. “We need to work together for the development and progress of our Mother Land,” said Catholic Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi while reminding theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 29, 2019: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed happiness that an Indian is among five Catholics who will be canonized by Pope Francis next month. “It is a matter of pride for every Indian that, on the coming October 13, his holiness PopeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 28, 2019: International Pilgrimage Revolution (IPR), a tour operator based in northeastern India, has bagged the National Tourism Award. The award under the Best Inbound Tour Operator category was presented on September 28 at the World Tourism Day celebrations in New Delhi. ReceivingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, September 27, 2019: The High Court of Jharkhand state on September 27 released on bail Missionaries of Charity Sister Concilia, who arrested and remanded in custody on suspicion of child trafficking. “We thank the Lord for his goodness to us, appreciate and are grateful toContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, September 26, 2019: As many as 56 Jesuits have lost their lives since their congregation made a commitment to promote a “faith that does justice” and foster reconciliation in society 50 years ago, says an official of the Society of Jesus. “If we want toContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, September 23, 2019: Christian activists joined national leaders to condemn the lynching of a tribal by alleged cow vigilantes in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. “This is the fourth Catholic Christian lynched in Jharkhand by self-styled gau rakshaks (cow vigilantes) about whom we knowContinue Reading
By Thomas Joseph Therakam Indore, September 22, 2019: The Church in India should read the signs of the times and imbibe the spirit of the Second Vatican Council to become relevant and survive in the modern world, says a national body of Catholic priests. “In a world of information technology,Continue Reading
Mayurbhanj, September 20, 2019: A man wanted in the killing of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines has been arrested 20 years and nine months later. The sleuths of Central Bureau of Investigation nabbed Buddhadev Nayak on September 19 from Nischitapur village under Thakurmunda police station in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. Staines,Continue Reading