Category: Christian World
Stop for a moment. Take a deep breath, play some music… and read these 10 very good points of advice for a more relaxed, peaceful existence. After all, whatever life is about, it certainly isn't about worrying… Don’t Worry – worry...
Story By: C.M. Paul (Matters India) Birmingham — Dr Gëzim Alpion, Professor of Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK, who has been tirelessly campaigning for the canonization of Mother Teresa for two years, welcomed the news of mother Teresa’s sainthood. Speaking to Matters India from...
Pope Francis Protestantizing Catholic Church? (The follow information was forwarded to us by our friend John Menezes, Mumbai. Simultaneously he has forwarded it also to CBCI, Nuncio, Bombay Archbishop etc. For Christians, especially, the St.Thomas variety, they have to touch...
Francis is set to visit Mexico in February 2016 Here is the Pope’s itinerary for his visit to Mexico, which will take place from February 12-17 (Times listed are local): Friday, Feb 12 (Rome, Mexico City) — 12.30pm Departure from...
Won’t allow injustice to Christians: Rajnath Singh In Asian Age. Dec 18, 2015 Home Minister Rajnath Singh speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI) No injustice will be allowed to happen to Christians in...
Popular as ever but Criticism doesn't abate By Nicole Winfield, in Crux all things Catholic Associated Press December 17, 2015 Pope Francis blew out a candle on a birthday cake he received from group of Catholic Action youths he met...
By Elise Harris. Rome, Italy, Dec 17, 2015 / 03:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Though it has been almost a decade since a spat of violence left nearly 100 Christians dead in the Indian state of Odisha, it’s still foggy as to whether...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon delivers a speech during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Members should take the suggestion of electing the first female secretary general of the United Nations seriously. (AFP Photo) We need a woman Secretary General Hindustan...
Australian Graham Staines and his two young sons died in 1999 when their car was set on fire by a mob. Mumbai: (UCAN) – A missionary whose husband and children were burned alive by Hindu nationalists has been given a prestigious...
Pune (Story – Matters India): A green group in a Jesuit philosophy college in Pune, western India, has set up a herbal garden and named it after Pope Francis. The Pope Francis Herbal Garden, started by the De Nobili College...
(Matters India): Pope Francis today warned Catholics against fraudsters who would have them pay to pass through “Holy Doors” at cathedrals around the world, a ritual in the Church’s current Jubilee year. “Be careful. Beware anyone who might be a...
By Matt Hadro. Washington D.C., Dec 16, 2015 / 05:15 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious leaders responded to global violence and terrorism with solidarity and prayer on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. “We will stand together, strengthened by the faith of each one in...
St Teresa in Ecstasy by Bernini in the Cornaro Chapel in Rome's Santa Maria della Vittoria (Wikipedia) by Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith taken from Catholic Herald (This thought provoking piece is published in the Voice of Bombay’s Catholic Laity. We are...
Forensic facial expert reconstructs Jesus Christ's face using ancient skulls Rose Troup Buchanan,The Independent | Dec 15, 2015, 11.35 AM IST READ MORE Jesus Christ's Face| Jesus Christ Do you recognize this man? He appears a world-away from western representations of Jesus Christ...
Forwarded by newsletter from Together for the Common Good Emmanuel – God with us – calls us to a story of relationship, of love: a story of a common life together. The kind of justice that flows from this stems from...
Priesthood of the Faithful – Vatican affirms religious brothers, lay men & women exercise priesthood – Joshua J. McElwee in NCR Dec. 14, 2015 (Note: How old is priesthood, I mean the theology of priesthood? Just as old as baptism. How...
(Story: Matters India) More than 250 ‘Kung Fu nuns’, led by the Gyalwang Drukpa, spiritual head of the 1,000-year-old Drukpa Order based in the Himalayas, have commenced a cycle expedition that entered India to create awareness on women empowerment and...
Love keeps no record of wrongs! By Jose Therampil SDB, Don Bosco College, Karunapuram, Telangana (Note: Jose Therampil is a Salesian missionary priest and a great admirer and promotor of CCV. His article on God’s Mercy is quite...
Patna (Matters India Reporter): A Jesuit college in Patna, eastern India, organized a road show on Wednesday to mark the UN Human Rights Day. Jesuit Father T Nishaant, principal of St Xavier’s College, said the event aimed to sensitize students...
Tiruchy (Matters India): An orphanage in India run by a Germany-based Christian ministry is set to be taken over by local authorities after a court ruled its inmates were suffering from “Stockholm Syndrome”. The reference is to the condition which...