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Missionary who took communication ministry to tribal villages dies

On: September 3, 2019

By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 2, 2019: The Indian Catholic Press Association has mourned the death of a Divine World missionary who brought the Church’s communication of ministry to interior tribal villages of Odisha, eastern India. Hundreds of people attended the funeral services of Father Mathew Poovanpuzha onContinue Reading

Industrialists main troublemakers for indigenous people: Catholic bishop

By: Matters India

On: May 22, 2015

In: Top Story

Jharsuguda: Heavy mining has disrupted tribal and dalit communities while rapid mining has led to serious environmental degradation and pollution, bemoans a Catholic bishop in Odisha, a state that accounts for nearly 17 percent of India’s total mineral reserve. “Heavy mining has the greatest effects on human, animals and plants.Continue Reading