By Matters India Reporter Old Goa, Feb 21, 2025: A two-day meeting in Goa has reaffirmed the Church’s commitment to migrant care and advocacy, urging dioceses and religious congregations to become protagonists of change in fostering a more inclusive and compassionate society. “The members of the Church must become signsContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, Nov. 10, 2024: A hospice in the Indian capital that has prepared nearly 7,500 people to face death with dignity celebrated its 30th anniversary with a variety of programs running over three days. On November 9, the final day of the Shanti Avedna Sadan (HomeContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, Oct 8, 2024: The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) says Pope Francis has honored a Vatican official for his “unwavering commitment to serving the marginalized.” Monsignor Fabio Baggio, Under Secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of theContinue Reading
BY Rani Punnasserril New Delhi, Aug 14, 2024: India is heading for great social unrest and increased inequality if the country fails to address the rising unemployment and worsening poverty, warns a leading trade unionist. “The gap between the rich and the poor is growing, and our youth are beingContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Manila, Feb 19, 2024: As many as 54 people, including 22 from India, working among migrants in Asia were given special training to attend to migrants in the subcontinent. The February 12-17 program in the Philippines capital of Manila was organized by the Vatican Dicastery for IntegratedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, Sept 11, 2022: Distress migration from the east-central Indian region has prompted a Jesuit network to join the Latin rite bishops to organize programs to educate Church people about the exploitation of poor tribal people. A meeting organized by the Central Zone of the Migrants’Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 20, 2022: Church people in India working among migrants have expressed shock and dismay at the murder of a priest who served migrants and refugees in Mexico. “It was shocking news to know that Fr. Jose Guadalupe Rivas was found dead after been missingContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril New Delhi, April 6, 2022: Catholic dioceses in northern India have decided to launch a series of steps to help the poor and migrant workers. To start with, they would launch programs to educate migrants about various government welfare programs as part of the Church’s attempts toContinue Reading
By Rani HCM Rome: Father Jaison Vadassery, secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Labour, has been elected as the secretary of International Catholic Migrants Commission (ICMC) by its Governing Council meeting concluded in Rome last week (June 6 – 8). Father Vadassery is also director ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar: The Church in India with its extensive network can resolve the problems facing laborers and migrant workers, an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), has told a seminar. The Catholic Church will address distress internal labor migration through its links with dioceses,” FatherContinue Reading
