By Matters India Reporter Mohana: A Catholic priest in Odisha has apologized for not permitting the burial of Covid victim in the parish cemetery. “I am sorry and ask apology to the bereaved family for such unfortunate event,” says a message from Father Valentine U Singh, parish priest of St.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: A Catholic nun wants the Church and society to urgently reach out to poor migrant laborers as India is reeling under the second wave of coronavirus. Migrant laborers “continue to fall on prey to road accident, sickness, starvation and death,” laments Sister Sujata Jena, whoContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, August 8, 2020: The federal government’s food security projects to help the poor during the coronavirus pandemic have not benefited many people in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, says a survey. “Since the time of lockdown food security problems are not lessening and therefore clearContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur, June 17, 2020: Father Ajaya Sabhasundar says God’s blessings have helped him serve the Church and people in Odisha as a priest for the past 25 years. “Our people need to grow in Catholic faith and tradition. My aim has been to show them the richnessContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Rourkella, April, 13, 2020: The Handmaids of Mary, an indigenous religious congregation of Odisha, has received applause from the local administration for helping those affected by the nationwide lockdown in the eastern Indian state. “I appreciate your genuine work. I am happy that you could come outContinue Reading
By Bikram Keshari Jena Bhubaneswar, March 14, 2020: Rhea Resham Bari is writing a new chapter for her tribal people. The young Ho girl from Odisha has beaten all odds to leave a mark in the fashion technology. Her success has proved one can achieve great heights despite development andContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, March 14, 2020: Unidentified miscreants looted a church in the Kandhamal district of Odisha, eastern India. Moses Digal, a Christian leader in Budamaha village under Raikia police station, told Matters India on March 14 that thieves broke the iron grill and two locks of a placeContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, Feb 13, 2020: A delegation of Christian and Muslim leaders in Odisha on February 13 met Chief Minister Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to thank him for sanctioning funds to improve pilgrimage centers in the eastern Indian state. A day earlier, Patnaik sanctioned 160 million rupees toContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, Jan 15, 2020: It will be 21 years on January 21 since Graham Stuart Staines, an Australian missionary working with the lepers of Orissa, was burnt to death with his young sons Timothy and Philips. They were sleeping in their jeep parked in a forestContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar, Nov 15, 2019: A government booklet describing Mahatma Gandhi’s death as an “accident” has triggered a row in Odisha, with political leaders and activists demanding an apology from state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and immediate steps to correct the “blunder.” The two-page booklet “Aama Bapuji: Eka Jhalaka” (Our Bapuji:Continue Reading