Category: Indian Spirituality
Bhubaneswar (Story By: Santosh Digal, Matters India reporter) : The Church in Odisha has appealed the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) to address Kandhamal issues at its plenary meeting scheduled for March 2016. Kandhamal, a district in the eastern Indian state...
Swami Snehananda Jyoti The first word Christ uttered when he appeared to his disciples after the resurrection was “peace”. In his message at the Sermon on the Mount, the most important declaration of his mission, he stated: “Blessed are the...
The administration hasn't helped, they said. Meerut (UCAN) Hundreds of Christians in Uttar Pradesh have come together to write a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi complaining that attacks against Christians have gone up in the past few months. The...
Mumbai(Matters India): Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay, wants the Indian government to decriminalize homosexuality. “I had been reflecting on the question of whether the Church should be more welcoming toward members of the LGBT community for some time....
Swami (Dr) Snehanand Jyoti The media bring bad news daily. The recent terror attacks in France, Mali, and Tunisia shake the world. I know how one terror attack that blew up the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in...
Advaita in Sanskrit means non-duality. It means the identity of the individual self (Atman) with the Absolute or the Supreme Reality (Brahman). As someone who ardently studies Christ in the Gospels and Advaita from the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita,...
By Mathew Idikkula USA (Note: An earnest seeker of truth, Idikkula’s field of specialization is Indian philosophy and various aspects of the science of spirituality. Originally from Palai, he lives in the suburbs of Chicago for the last 35...
The relics of Blessed Pope Paul VI were presented for veneration on Saturday. Mumbai: (UCAN) The National Eucharistic Congress in Mumbai concluded on Sunday recalling the landmark event of 38th International Eucharist Congress held at the same venue where Pope...
This is a question that every serious person asks at some point or other in one’s life. The interesting answer is that we are all holy in varying degrees. The two stories related to holiness that come to mind are...
Agartala 8 Nov, 2015 (matters India): More than nine thousand faithful from all parts of the state converged at Agartala today to be part of the The 7th Annual Eucharistic Procession, making it a record of sorts in the 19...
BS 275 051115 Spirituality and Religions Spirituality is universal; it is for all persons. Persons belong to different religions; religions are not universal. Spirituality is predominantly about mysticism that involves direct communion with the ultimate reality or intuitive experience of God....
Ever since the faithful began respecting the clergy, I feel that they had been cheated by the red hats. The Rules and Regulations of Catholic Association of Bengal is a solid example of Clergy domination over the faithful. Same is the case...
'Forced to hang my head in shame': Former Navy chief writes open letter to President Mukherjee, PM Modi Times of India (TNN | Oct 25, 2015, 01.46 PM IST) NEW DELHI: Former Navy chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas has written an open letter to...
I owe the most happy event of my life to the Missionaries of Charity (MoC). The joy of the moment that came about two decades ago, when a sister from the MoC had put a four-month old sleeping baby in...
Swami (Dr) Snehanad Jyoti My wife asked me about what I was going to write this week. I told her that I was going to write about retrieving Christ from Christianity. He suggested that instead I write about putting Christ...
Pathanamthitta (Matters India): The 85th Reunion Meet of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church came to a close with a massive rally from Thirumoolapuram to the St John’s Metropolitan Cathedral in Thiruvalla town on Monday afternoon. Inaugurating the public meeting held in...
Kochi (Matters India): Hundreds of Syro-Malabar Catholic couples will assemble in Kochi to address true and immature love. “Believers should be able to differentiate true love from immature love,” says Fr Augustine Kallely, director of family apostolate of Ernakuluam-Angamaly archdiocese....
In this interview the Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, analyses Pope Francis’ visit to America. By Andres Bel Tramo Alvaraes in Vatican Insider (Note: Pope Francis will be in Philadelphia on Sept.27 for the world conference of Catholic families just before...
Kottayam (Matters India) : The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church will adopt a village in Nepal. According to a spokesman of the Church, this will be a comprehensive reconstruction project in the earthquake-hit country. Under the project, 50 houses in the...
(Matters India)The Archdiocese of Bombay is set to hold the National Eucharistic Congress from November 12 to 15, this year, at Archdiocesan Seminary Complex, Goregaon. Over 5,000 people have been invited from across India, including representatives from 167 diocese and...