Dr Jeanette Pinto – The United Nations General Assembly in 1981 officially declared September 21 as the International Day of Peace. It established this day
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World Refugee Day: A Day of Hope, Empathy and Understanding
Dr Jeanette Pinto – Who is a refugee? A general understanding was, that a refugee Is a fugitive or runaway from law and order due
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World Day Against Trafficking Observed Across N-E India
Guwahati: World Day Against Trafficking is marked annually on July 30 to make people aware of those who are being trafficked and taken away without
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Making a Difference: 100 mn People Worldwide Forced to Flee
By Tony Magliano – “One hundred million is a stark figure – sobering and alarming in equal measure. It’s a record that should never have
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International Day for Countering Hate Speech
Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ – On all counts, the decision by the United Nations General Assembly to declare 18 June as the International Day for
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Holy See Rep Calls on UN World Leaders to End Racism
By Verghese V Joseph – United Nations: His Excellency Msgr. Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, on the occasion
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Warning! – ‘Code Red for Humanity’
By Tony Magliano The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group’s recently released report is a “code red for humanity,” warned U.N. Secretary-General Antonio
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Make a Difference: Fight the Coronavirus, Not Each Other!
Indian Catholic Matters is proud to introduce Tony Magliano, an internationally syndicated US-based Catholic social justice and peace columnist. Since 2001, over 450 of his
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International Day of Persons With Disabilities
By Leon Bent – International days are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global
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Fridays for Mother Earth
By Fr Francis Gonsalves, SJ – Two Twitter snapshots struck me recently. First, politicians—flanked by religionists of all hues—pouring cold water on the globe as
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UN International Day of Charity
By Leon Bent – Catholic spiritual teaching includes spreading the Gospel, while Catholic social teaching, emphasises support for the sick, the poor and the afflicted,
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U.N.’s International Year of Indigenous Languages
By Leon Bent – The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages, that is: dedicated to raising awareness
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