By Felix Anthony Mumbai, Dec 1, 2021: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) on December 1 expressed deep concern over the media’s failure to become the watchdog of governance in the country. Media, the fourth pillar of democracy has failed in its sacred duty of scrutinizing the government’s policies andContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 8, 2021: Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash has won this year’s “Louis Careno Award” for excellence in journalism. The Indian Catholic Press Association, the national body of Catholic print media persons, on November 8 selected Father Prakash for the annual award in recognition of hisContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 5, 2021: A Catholic nun, who braved coronavirus pandemic and official apathy, to reach out to hundreds of stranded migrants laborers during lockdowns has won a prestigious award from the Indian Catholic Press Association. The national body of Catholic journalists on November 5 choseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) on August 26 mourned the death of its last survivor founder earlier in the day. Monsignor Benedict Aguiar had led the organisation as its president from 1969 to 1978. “In his death the ICPA has lost a father-figure.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) has appealed the federal and state governments to review all sedition charges and cases slapped on media persons and social activists in the country. “Respecting and imbibing the spirit of the Supreme Court verdict that recently quashed theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) on May 27 mourned the passing away of Father Cheriyan Nereveetil, former chief editor of Sathyadeepam (Light of Truth), an Institutional member of the organization. The 49-year-old priest died on May 27 from head injuries sustained in aContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Catholic media persons in India on April 10 mourned the death of Jesuit Father Varghese Paul, a prolific Gujarati writer who started a news agency for South Asia in early 1980s. He was 77. Father Paul, a member of the Gujarat Jesuit province, died atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 26, 2020: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) has mourned the death of Jesuit Father Gaston Roberge, one of the pioneers of media education in India. The 85-year-old Canadian missionary died in the morning of August 26 in Kolkata, an eastern Indian city.Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 17, 2020: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) on August 17 mourned the death of Sister Caridad Paramundayil, the first woman to edit a major Catholic publication in the country. Sister Paramundayil died of a cardiac arrest earlier in the day at a hospitalContinue Reading
By Archbishop Anil Couto New Delhi, March 2, 2020: It was Thomas Jefferson who said that if he were to choose between a government without the Press and Press without government, he would choose the latter. The topic of the day “Journalism today: Pragmatism triumphs over principles?” gains more relevanceContinue Reading