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New York (Story By: mattersindia.com): India has cautioned against the UN giving religion-based organizations a role in international security matters and warned that it could be “counterproductive.” Prakash Gupta, a counselor at India’s UN mission, said on Monday the UN Charter’s...
Kerala-based Hindu Aikya Vedi and Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage are closely associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the parent organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. London:(UCAN) The British government has revoked visas issued to two prominent members...
Story By: Sr. Anitha Kanatt (Matters India) “Sister, is God dead?” An 18-year-old student surprised me when he stood up in the class to ask this question. Seeing me a little embarrassed, he continued, “I read somewhere that God is dead. What...
Judicial, legislative and executive branches of the government check and balance one another. There are also non-state institutions which do this important task in a democratic set up. Non-Governmental Organisations are one such powerful organ. They not only play the...
Story By: Carlos Espinoza (Matters India) Redemptorist Fr Mathew Abraham Puthenchirayil is a medical doctor who participated at the Plenary Meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican April 17-25. He is the secretary of the Office for Health...
By Elise Harris, Vatican City, May 3, 2015 / 11:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis paid a visit to a parish on the southern outskirts of Rome, where he told parishioners that in order to be a good Christian they...
The accused was picked from his home in Bhandup near Anthony Church where the incident took place. Mumbai (UCAN): Police in the Bhandup suburb of Mumbai on Monday arrested a 21-year-old man for allegedly vandalizing a statue of Mother Mary...
Elizabeth Johnson CSJ (Curtsy – UCAN> Spirituality) Christian faith does not believe in a new God but, finding itself in new situations, seeks the presence of God there…. The growth of atheism, the experience of unspeakable suffering, struggles for justice...
New Delhi ( Story By: Jose Kavi – Matters India): Sr. Jessy Kurian is a leading human rights activist whose mission is to provide legal assistance to marginalized women in India. Kurian was the first Catholic nun in India to hold a quasi-judiciary...
Anto Akkara – (Matters India) Banyatar, Nepal: It was a smile worth millions. After 15 minutes of cajoling and prodding, the bruised angelic face of four-year-old Sujina lit up, bringing cheers to half a dozen people in the room. Soon the radiance...
By Carl Bunderson. Vatican City, May 2, 2015 / 05:44 pm (CNA).- The Synod of Bishops began receiving in April responses to a questionnaire that had been sent to dioceses the world over in preparation for October's Synod on the Family. The...
A few days before the four-day event was to begin, a marriage between a Hindu girl and a Christian boy had vitiated atmosphere in the town. Bhopal (UCAN): The administrative officials of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh have revoked permission...
The bishop said that the protesters need not enter the church as they live as scheduled caste Hindus. Kottayam: (UCAN)- A group of Christians belonging to CMS Anglican Church in Kottayam began a protest accusing their Bishop Stephen J Vattappara...
Mumbai (Matters India)— A statue in the premises of a church in suburban Bhandup was damaged when a youth allegedly hurled a stone at it, police said on Monday. The accused identified as Paulraj Yauvan Nadar (21) was arrested after the...
Peddlers of Pure Blood: Deadly Virus Reactions to Knanaya Practice of Endogamy Who Destroys Christian Famiies? Peddlers of Pure Blood: Deadly Virus There should be...
Panaji (Matters India): The Catholic Church in Goa Saturday announced that it would collect donations for the earthquake victims of Nepal. Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman has asked all the 180-odd parishes in the tiny southwestern Indian...
Aattached is a copy of a fax/email we sent to the Nuncio a few weeks back. I think you may find it interesting to publish, as the Joint Pastoral Letter of Delhi, instigated by the SM church, was supposedly issued...
By Elise Harris and Alan Holdren. Madrid, Spain, (CNA/EWTN News).- Kayla Mueller, the young human rights activist who was killed earlier this year while being held hostage by ISIS, was a woman of faith with a heart full of compassion toward those who...
He also lauded the Christian peace efforts and said such moves are based on the Christian teaching to love the neighbor. New Delhi (UCAN): Christianity is a sweetener like sugar in the Indian society and the nation appreciates the Christian...
Baltimore: A Protestant bishop in the US has resigned after she was accused of knocking down a cyclist while driving drunk. The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland announced Friday that it accepted the resignation of Heather Cook, who was bishop suffragan,...