Methodist court ruling blow for openly lesbian bishop
2017-04-30
Bishop Karen Oliveto was elected in 2016Continue Reading
Manual scavenging a sin: Christian bodies
2017-04-30
Churches should use their resources to end the practiveContinue Reading
Christian conference hails Asia’s longest serving prelate
2017-04-30
By: Matters India Reporter Kerala: “The senior Metropolitan Most Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church has been an ardent supporter and promoter of ecumenism and the Asian ecumenical movement,” the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) General Secretary, Dr. Mathews George Chunakara stated in aContinue Reading
First direct London-China train completes 12,000 km-run
2017-04-30
Beijing: The first freight train to link China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu on Saturday April 29, after covering over 12,000-kilometres (7,500 miles), making it the second-longest route in the world. The journey is the latest effort in China’s drive to strengthen tradeContinue Reading
Pope Francis warns against fanaticism during Cairo visit
2017-04-30
Cairo: Pope Francis warned against religious fanaticism on Saturday, April 29 wrapping up a brief trip to Cairo in which he urged Muslim leaders to unite against violence by Islamist militants against the Middle East’s ancient Christian communities. Francis’s trip comes three weeks after Islamic State, also known as Isis,Continue Reading
Kerala’s Aymanam India’s first digitized panchayat ward
2017-04-29
Kottayam,Kerala: A ward in the district today became India’s first digitalised panchayat ward. Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar inaugurated the website of the first digitalised panchayat ward number 15 of Aymanam grama panchayat at a function held at a temple premises. The ministerContinue Reading
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
2017-04-29
A promise kept with all dignity, honesty and respect. The oath taken by the maverick master S.S. Rajamouli in BAAHUBALI: THE BEGINNING is finally ‘concluded’ with great accomplishment that fulfills the expectations and restores our faith in dreaming big and larger than life. Reinforcing the power of stories inspired fromContinue Reading
Men should learn to do household work : Sushma Swaraj
2017-04-29
New Delhi : Men should be encouraged to study home science in college and hone their culinary skills, while women should be motivated to take up physical education, especially martial arts, as an effort to banish gender bias from society. The suggestion was made on April 27 by external affairsContinue Reading
India slips in press freedom rankings
2017-04-29
India slipped three places in the 2017 world press freedom rankings to 136th among 180 countries, the dismal performance blamed on “government’s nationalism” and growing “self-censorship” in the mainstream media. In the index released on Wednesday, India was ranked just three places above Pakistan and was one notch below violence-tornContinue Reading
Our martyrs’ blood unites us, Francis tells Coptic Orthodox patriarch
2017-04-28
Cairo: Pope Francis closed his first day in Egypt with a visit to Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, telling him their Churches are bonded by the blood of their martyrs, and are called to further cement this bond with acts of charity. In his April 28 address to the patriarch,Continue Reading