Category: Christian World
The group came to India in early February for a pilgrimage with the aim of reinvigorating interfaith dialogue. Posted on March 1, 2016, 12:12 PM (UCAN) – Mumbai: Visits to Mother Teresa’s Nirmal Hriday and L’Arche community’s Asha Niketan gave insight about...
Published on: 1:54 am, February 28, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Mumbai: The Archdiocese of Bombay and a Salesian school have clarified that the federal Human Resources Development minister referred to non-existing handbooks to hit back at her critics in parliament. Father Bernard Fernandes,...
Official policies need to change so community can access welfare schemes. Posted on February 29, 2016, 6:58 PM. Bhopal (UCAN): Christians in India said they want state and federal authorities to offer fair and equitable job and education opportunities to all religious...
I happened to read the write up: അച്ചൻ കോവിലാറ്റിൽ മുങ്ങി മരിച്ചു… by Sri Roshan Francis in Almaysabdam blogspot and enjoyed it. I felt the same every time while reading his writings. This time I felt guilty for not...
dr. james kottoor Who said there is absolutely no progress made to resolve the unchristian “Endogamay” issue, also known as pure blood marriages promoted in Kerala’s Kottayam Diocese, and now for few years starting from 2013, also in the Syromalabar Diocese...
Published on: 2:16 pm, February 27, 2016 Story By: Matters India reporter Guwahati: A casket containing the relics of St John Bosco will be kept permanently at the first shrine in India dedicated to the founder of the Salesian congregation. The casket containing...
Kindly use this link to listen to the speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj6ZzWF-MsM&feature=youtu.be or Click Here "We are lucky to have people with great wisdom in parliament to guide the ship of democracy to right direction in the turbulent times. Here I urge all...
Our Columnist from Chicago Mathew Idikkula (Note: Indeed, used and abused is the God given blessing called “speech” as our friend from Chicago writes. Just imitate him and react constructively to the right use of speech he demonstrates...
Published in Matters India : 8:41 pm, February 26, 2016 Story By: Fr. Chris N Anyanwu Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has called on Catholic priests not to reduce Christianity to “marketplace prophecies and visions but rather preserve spiritual sanity and sobriety during Holy Mass.”...
The Telegraph – Wednesday , August 26 , 2009 – CITHARA PAUL New Delhi, Aug. 25: A debate has begun among India’s Catholics on who should have final say on the Church’s billions of rupees worth of assets in the country, the...
US: Trump attaked before Super Tuesday Ben Jacobs and Tom Dart in Houston in Guardian, Friday 26 February 2016 Rubio and Cruz go after frontrunner on immigration, healthcare and more.Both campaigns claim victory ahead of crucial Super Tuesday races.Sexual assault allegations against...
All talk, no Practice Editorial in America,National catholic review, Feb.29/16 issue EDITORIAL (Note: Theoretically all pay lip service to freedom of religion, but how many practice it? This is what the American Jesuit weekly analyzes below. Rationally speaking, there should...
Published on: 7:56 pm, February 24, 2016 Story By: Mattersindia.com London: Authorities in India failed to stop “incidents of religious violence” and often “contributed to tensions through polarizing speeches”, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, as it condemned “growing intolerance” that...
View of Christ as a Hindu is fantasy, clerics say ahead of reprint of nationalist author's work. Posted on February 24, 2016, 5:29 PM – New Delhi: UCAN Church leaders in India have downplayed the reprinting of a controversial book that...
Published on: 9:59 pm, February 22, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com New Delhi: Highest incidence of joblessness was witnessed among Christians in cities as well as in rural area while Hindus and Sikhs reported least unemployment in urban and rural areas, says a government...
Joshua J. McElwee, in NCR, Feb. 17, 2016 Pope Francis prays at a cross on the border with El Paso, Texas, before celebrating Mass at the fairgrounds in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 17. (CNS/Paul Haring) (Note: Conversion or change for...
Published on: 10:54 pm, February 18, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Calangute: Miscreants broke the protective glass of two portraits at the main entrance of St Lawrence Church, Sinquerim, on Tuesday. The incident came to light on Wednesday morning, when parishioners were on their...
(Story: Matters India) A court in the United States has initiated a lawsuit against an Indian American Pentecostal leader who is accused of misdirecting millions of dollars his organization collected for charitable works. The United States District Court for the...
Minnesota: Advocates for clergy abuse victims are criticizing a decision by Catholic Church officials in India to reinstate a priest convicted of sexual assault in Minnesota. “I think this convicted predator is being put back on the job for the...
Decentralization, Synodality, Inverted Pyramid NCR (Feb. 11, 2016) (Note: Decentralization, Synodality & Inverted Pyramid – all three mean almost the same with different emphasis. What is cute & ludicrous, all three are bete noir to 90% if not 99% of...