By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, November 20, 2018: The Indian Women Theologians Forum (IWTF) has written to Pope Francis expressing deep concerns over the way the Church in their country handles sexual abuse cases. Around 800 Catholics from around the world have endorsed the letter sent to the PopeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vijayawada, Nov 20, 2018: Christians in twin Telugu states have demanded laws to check increasing attacks on the community. Leaders of the Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC), an apex body of the mainline Churches in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, made this demand in a memorandum submittedContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov. 20, 2018: In a first for an Indian academic, Professor S.P. Ganguly, a well-known Hispanist who headed the Centre for Spanish and Latin American Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University here, has been awarded the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest civilian honour given toContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov. 20, 2018: In the second such conviction leading to capital punishment in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a trial court awarded the death penalty to a man after holding him guilty of murder while another person was given life imprisonment in the case. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay PandeyContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov. 20, 2018: At least 40 people were killed in a blast at a wedding hall in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday. Spokesman for Kabul police, Basir Mujahid said that over 60 people have sustained injuries in the explosion. “I have confirmed reports that 40 people haveContinue Reading
Madrid, Nov. 20,2018: Spain’s Catholic Church wants to “eradicate” cases of sexual abuse of minors within the church and not cover them up, the president of the Spanish bishops’ conference said Monday. As in other countries, Spain’s Catholic hierarchy is under pressure from local scandals and cases elsewhere that haveContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater Panaji, Nov. 20, 2018: When Deepikah Bhardwaj was a child in New Delhi, she would look forward to the arrival of the Indian winter. The mornings would become chilly and crisp, while evenings were pleasantly cool. But in recent years, that sense of anticipation turned to dread.Continue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril HCM Bangalore, Nov. 20, 2018: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Labour and Workers India Federation (WIF) resolved to promote active and healthy ageing at the workplace in society and Church. This was stressed during a national assembly of CBCI Office for Labour andContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov 19, 2018: Bharatnatyam exponent Geeta Chandran on World Toilet Day on Monday announced an educational campaign she will undertake on responsible toilet use, followed by a dance tribute to her first guru. The event was attended by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The campaign, announced at theContinue Reading
Temple committee welcomes and oversees inter-mingling of customs in Christian-dominated State
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