New Delhi: Adultery is no longer a crime in India though “without a shadow of doubt” can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said on September 27, junking a 158-year law that punished a man for an affair but not the woman, treating her as her husband’s property. “TheContinue Reading

By C.M. Paul Kolkata: The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Church Art Kolkata organized a musical soiree, to promote culture and social harmony. The September 25program showcased a classical Indian slide guitar artist Bhaskar Mukhopadhyay and a medley of folk songs of Bengal rendered by Bandel Loke SamsadContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Christians belonging to various denominations in India will observe September 30 as a day of prayer for the persecuted Church. This is the second year such a countrywide prayer service is being organized, Shibu Thomas, founder president of Persecution Relief, told Matters India onContinue Reading

By Varghese Alengaden Indore: “Father, how is the multinational Catholic company of India?” a visiting French social scientist asked me at the World Social Forum in Mumbai a few years ago. I recalled the French man’s question when I read the news about the demand for a Dalit Punjabi bishopContinue Reading

By Augustine Singh Bhubaneswar: Catholic priests in India need to work more for justice and human rights issues defending the poor and the marginalized, said Father X. D. Selvaraj, president of the Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI). “CPCI is progressively oriented priest coming together, reasonably to inspire and encourageContinue Reading

By Augustine Singh Bhubaneswar: The Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI), an association of progressive diocesan priests, honoured a Catholic priest from Odisha, Eastern India, for his commitment to promoting minority and human rights. “We are honouring Ajay Kumar Singh, a clergy of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Archdiocese, Odisha, at the CPCI nationalContinue Reading