Women’s day celebration start of journey to liberation
Churches celebrate women’s day but never touch the entrenched structures of discrimination existing in themContinue Reading
Churches celebrate women’s day but never touch the entrenched structures of discrimination existing in themContinue Reading
Johannesburg: A Church group in South Africa has joined voluntary groups to celebrate the International Sex Worker Rights Day that began in India 17 years ago. The Central Methodist Mission Church on March 3 unveiled a banner from the church’s steeple that read: “Jesus was the first to decriminalize sexContinue Reading
By Sr. Justine Gitanjali Senapati, CSJ “Achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls is the unfinished business of our time, and the greatest human rights challenge in our world,” says Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The world is going to celebrate the International Women’s Day onContinue Reading
The proportion of girls getting married in India has nearly halved in a decade, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said on February 6. This has contributed significantly to a global decline in child marriage. UNICEF said 25 million child marriages were prevented worldwide in the last decade, with theContinue Reading
The order came on a petition by a laymanContinue Reading
For the first time Caritas India and Misereor Germany jointly launched the Lent campaign, which this year will focus on the ecological teachings of Laudato Sì, the encyclical of Pope Francis on the protection of the environment and human communities from the risks of climate change. “Caritas India and MisereorContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Declares Emergency For 10 Days Amid Buddhist-Muslim Clashes
Tension has been growing between the two communities in Sri Lanka over the past year, with some hardline Buddhist groups accusing Muslims of forcing people to convert to Islam and vandalising Buddhist archaeological sites.Continue Reading
The dam, to be inaugurated this month, has disrupted the region’s economy, forcing parents to send their children to orphanagesContinue Reading
Hyderabad: A group of Maoists set fire to a TSRTC bus on March 5 night while it was on its way to Hyderabad from Jadgalpur. The incident occurred around 9.30 pm near Kudthi village in Summa district of Chhattisgarh. One person was reportedly killed in the incident. A group ofContinue Reading
The Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council has called its people to protestContinue Reading
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