By A K Aditya Kochi, July 30, 2019: The Kerala High Court has imposed costs of 25,000 rupees on a petitioner challenging the constitutionality of the Catholic Church’s Code of Canons and its applicability in India. The Code of Canons is a codification of Canon Law that applies to theContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 30, 2019: Prostitution is a “human disease,” according to Pope Francis, writing in the preface of a book, evoking “a disgusting vice” which is reducing women into slavery. “All forms of prostitution are enslavement, criminal acts, disgusting vice that confuses making love with the relief of one’sContinue Reading
Panaji, July 29: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on July 29 assured the state legislative assembly that he will look into complaints of police harassment by church-goers in Colva, a village in the coastal state’s southern region. Raising the issue, NCP MLA Churchill Alemao said traffic police personnel were penalizingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 29, 2019: Domestic workers should be included in the Compensation Scheme for Survivors of Sexual Assault, says a national consultation on the implementation of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act. “We call upon civil society, policymakers, private sector and citizens ofContinue Reading
Noida, July 29: Covering a distance of over 1,600 kms on bicycle to highlight the plight of farmers due to the Mahanadi water dispute, two students from Cuttack, Odisha on Sunday reached Noida on July 28, after cycling for 28 days. Twenty-one-year-old Krishnakant Sarangi, a BTech student from Gandhi InstituteContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, July 29, 2019: Heads of various religions in Bengaluru have commemorated the 800th anniversary of an encounter between Saint Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Malik al-Kāmil of Egypt. Although all religions aim at the same holy and spiritual aspects to lead a good life, unfortunatelyContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, July 29, 2019: A massive people’s campaign is currently underway in the country to save the ‘Right to Information’ (RTI) Act. The campaign which can be visited at www.SaveRTI.in is also going viral on social media under the hashtag #SaveRTI – with several thousandsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore, July 29, 2019: The Youth Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) is celebrating the 3rd National Youth Day on August 11, which marks a day dedicated by the Bishops of India to all the young people nationwide. CCBI is the episcopalContinue Reading
By Ria Das Mbombela, July 29, 2019: Vidisha Baliyan was just crowned Miss Deaf World 2019, held in Mbombela, South Africa. Thus, the 21-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzzafarnagar has become the first Indian to win this crown. Baliyan, who is a modeling student of Asian Academy of Film andContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Panaji, July 29, 2019: A parish in Goa on July 28 organized special programs to honor grandparents. “One of the best schools is at the knees of grandparents. We learn our traditions, values and culture from them,” Father Walter De Sa, pastor of Our Lady ofContinue Reading