By Elvis Fernandes Pilar, Dec 6, 2024: Goa hosted the biennial meeting of International Societies of Apostolic Life at a time when the western Indian state was holding the decennial exposition of the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier, the patron of missions. The December 2-6 meeting drew representatives ofContinue Reading
Margao, Sept 14, 2023: A Capuchin priest has called upon Indians to speak out on the current sociopolitical challenges in the country. “To do so is our responsibility as citizens,” asserted Capuchin Father Suresh Mathew, the editor of Indian Currents, a weekly published from New Delhi. He was presenting theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Margao, August 10, 2023: Catholics in Goa have expressed relief after a Catholic priest was granted anticipatory bail in a case related to his homily that mentioned a 17th century warrior king. The Sessions Court in Margao, Goa’s commercial capital, on August 8 granted bail toContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Panaji, August 29, 2022: People from different sections of society in Goa August 28 gathered at Azad Maidan to demand the revoking of premature release of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case in Gujarat. They protested against the release and demanded justice for BilkisContinue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes Pilar (Goa), Aug 9, 2022: The Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, commonly known as the Society of Pilar, has elected Father Nazareth Rosario Fernandes as the 19th superior general of the Goa-based congregation. The election was held on August 6 during the congregation’s 20thContinue Reading
By Molly Fernandes Sancole: The Goa-based Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth has elected Sister Berna Rodrigues as their ninth superior general. The election took place September 8, the last day of the congregation’s 12th ordinary general congregation held at St. Joseph Vaz Spiritual Centre, Old Goa. First timeContinue Reading
Panaji: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on May 11 said 26 Covid-19 patients died at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the early hours and sought an investigation by the High Court to find out the exact cause. He said these fatalities occurred between 2 a.m. andContinue Reading
Chennai: Indian activists and politicians in Goa are opposing a plan by the federal government to turn the southwestern state known globally for its pristine coastline and dense forests into a coal transportation hub. Locals and activists protested against three infrastructure projects – the expansion of a highway, railway andContinue Reading
Vasco, Sept 13, 2020: A parish in Goa has urged the state government to return a lake it had given to a municipal corporation for beautification. “The Vaddem Lake belongs to the Church,” says Father Gabriel Coutinho, parish priest of St Andrew’s Church of Vasco. In a letter sent onContinue Reading
Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, April 27, 2020: Even as tourism, mining, and real estate take center-stage in the coronavirus-triggered lockdown in Goa, a scholarly new book sheds light on the rapid spread of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. Dubbed the world’s fastest-growing movement, the New Religious Movements (NRMs) co-exist in a state whereContinue Reading
