Lucknow : The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Monday asked the state government to submit details of church properties being used for commercial purposes in Uttar Pradesh. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice DS Tripathi passed the order on a PIL filed by Swaraj Party ofContinue Reading
Joshua J. McElwee Rome: Irish Redemptorist Fr. Tony Flannery has been prohibited from publicly celebrating Mass for nearly six years. The Vatican’s doctrinal congregation suspended him from ministry in February 2012 after he refused to revise some views he had expressed in a religious magazine run by his order. InContinue Reading
Chandigarh: A self-declared religious leader in Haryana, Satguru Rampalji Maharaj, has been found not guilty of illegally confining thousands of followers and obstructing officials in 2014 when they stormed his 12-acre ashram. Six people were killed as his devotees turned into a private army to prevent his arrest; hundreds wereContinue Reading
Church of South India pulls out in protestContinue Reading
The use of church properties for commercial purposes was illegal under the Places of Worship Special Provision Act, 1991
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Thiruvanathapuram: State police chief Loknath Behera has said that there is no confirmed case of ‘Love Jihad’ reported in Kerala. The report, which appeared in a section of the media saying the state police chief has confirmed that ‘Love Jihad’ is there in state, is wrong, the DGP said inContinue Reading
Panaji: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who won the Panaji assembly by-poll on Monday, said a church-backed fact finding report into serial desecrations in Goa was part of a conspiracy against him ahead of the August 23 by-elections. He made the remarks while addressing a press conference here after his winContinue Reading
Mutilation is reportedly carried out even at hospitals and clinicsContinue Reading