By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 30, 2024: The 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees was observed in various dioceses in India with Mass and cultural programs. The day is set apart by the Catholic Church to express solidarity, concern, love, and support for people on the move.Continue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, Oct 1, 2023: The Church in India has celebrated the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees in the national capital with more than 300 Burmese Catholic refugees and People who have fled the ethnic violence in Manipur. The World Day of Migrants and RefugeesContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Aizawl, June 19, 2023: Each year on June 20, the world celebrates the strength and courage of people forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution as World Day of Migrants and Refugees. I encounter Refugees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in close proximityContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril New Delhi, Sept 25, 2022: About 200 migrants and 20 refugees September 25 celebrated the World Day of Migrants and Refugees with a get-together and Mass. The program was organized by the Archdiocese of Delhi in collaboration with Conference of Catholic Bishops of India’s Commission for MigrantsContinue 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 Sunil Rosario Kolkata, Aug 26, 2020: The Commission for Migrants of the Latin rite bishops in India has called for special prayers on September 27, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The world has an estimated 272 million international migrants around, which accounts for 3.5 percent of theContinue Reading
