By Bincy George Indore: The annual Knit India program of Indore’s Universal Solidarity Movement (USM) opened December 28 with keynote speaker Lavina D’Souza stressing the need to respect all faiths. “As USM members, let us never forget the most important religion which is the religion of humanity. The beauty ofContinue Reading

By I P Sarto Burdwan: Youth of Kamarpara parish, about 150 km northwest of Kolkata, celebrated Christmas with biblical competitions on December 26. Youth from four villages of Kamarpara St. Paul’s parish in Asansol diocese had drawing, singing, dance and quiz competitions based on Christmas theme. These biblical competitions enhanceContinue Reading

By Stephen Alathara Bengaluru: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India has appointed Maria Francis from the Archdiocese of Bangalore as the new national director of YOUCAT India. She will coordinate the ministries of the Youcat India Missionary Movement and will guide its members in India. Youcat, short for YouthContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: In a Carol singing competition organized by a community radio and premiered on YouTube December 14, youth groups outperformed each other both in composition of original carols as well as its video production. Radio Salesian 90.8 FM’s popular Jingle Bells Season 5, had 31 youthContinue Reading

Washington DC: The Trump administration is continuing its unprecedented program of post-election federal executions. They include the execution of Brandon Bernard who murdered two Christian youth ministers in Texas in 1999. Bernard was put to death on December 10 for his part in the killing of Todd and Stacie Bagley,Continue Reading

Bengaluru: Caren Rodrigues, assistant professor at St Joseph’s Institute of Management, Bengaluru, has been selected as a delegate to the global summit Economy of Francesco commissioned by Pope Francis. The Economy of Francesco is a one-time, international, council-style event to address the challenges of current economic models, starting from theContinue Reading

Bhubaneswar: Two medical aspirants from the Kandhamal district struggle to enroll in Under Graduate Medical Course (MBBS) at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore due to financial constraints. Each candidate has to deposit 6,28,000 rupees by Nov 28 to avail of the allotted seat by the government at St. John’s. OneContinue Reading

Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: A hill leader has floated scheme, after pujas, to provide civil servants for future Gorkhaland by sponsoring local youth for Civil Service coaching. President of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) Ajay Edwards says, “The main reason, why we are doing [this] is that people here haveContinue Reading