KOTTAYAM: The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church plans to include woman in the inquiry commission probing the sexual abuse allegationsagainst five priests of the church. This has been following the direction from the supreme head of the church who has instructed to record the statement of the wife of the complainant at the earliest. According toContinue Reading
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Melbourne’s archbishop, who said he’d prefer jail to telling civil authorities about any sex abuse of children that might be revealed to him in the confessional. The Vatican said on June 29 that the pontiff has appointed Monsignor Peter Comensoli, 54, to headContinue Reading
By P. A. Chacko On June 19 some armed men wearing masks abducted at gunpoint the members of a street play team at Kochang village in Khunti district (South Chotanagpur), some 100 km from Jharkhand’s state capital Ranchi. They were taken to the forest. While the male members were keptContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi: Kevin Joseph (26) and Neenu Chacko (20) were natives of Pathanapuram in Kerala, called ‘God’s own country’. However, the state is not only losing that tag for all the wrong reasons. Kevin and Neenu had been in a relationship for three years. Eventually they married.Continue Reading
The nun complained ten days after the bishop filed a case against her brotherContinue Reading
Bishop Sebastian Kallupura is made the coadjutor archbishop of PatnaContinue Reading
Kottayam: Days after a controversy broke out over allegations of sexual harassment against five priests of the Malankara Orthodox Church in Kerala, the Crime Branch will now investigate the matter. On June 29, state DGP Loknath Behera reportedly directed the Crime Branch to initiate a probe into the issue. TheContinue Reading
The biggest challenge for feminist men and women is to change entrenched patriarchal structures and mindsetsContinue Reading
The low rung police work for 14 to 16 hours a dayContinue Reading
The College of Cardinals now consists of 226 members, 125 of whom are eligible to vote in a future papal conclaveContinue Reading