By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Sept 23, 2021: A recent program to create awareness among Catholic LGBTQ+ people turned out to be an amalgam of personal stories, professional insights and clerical support. Around 40 people attended the online program on the theme, “Not a Phase… Love, Me,” conducted by theContinue Reading

By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Feb 26, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias’ interview with the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) at the Vatican makes interesting reading. The cardinal acknowledges a bias among the members of the Catholic Church’s all-male hierarchy against giving women more leadership rolesHe also admits that he and his peersContinue Reading

By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Dec 2, 2019: The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 was passed in parliament on the same day as the abrogation of article 370, with hardly any debate. Worst of all, there were some MPs who were seen on TV smirking and making fun duringContinue Reading

By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Dec. 21, 2018: Not long back the headline “India is the most dangerous country for women” caught our attention. Today the headlines speak of India’s dismal ranking in the Gender Gap report for 2018. Standing at 108, 60 slots below our poor neighbor Bangladesh, despite theContinue Reading