In Guwahati, senior high court advocate Kamal Nayan Choudhury is challenging the legality of the deadline of March 25, 1971 as the cut-off date for detecting and deporting the aliens of East Pakistan- or Bangladesh-origin in the Supreme Court. Choudhary has a rather interesting line of argument. He says thatContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: Citing the alleged sexual abuse of a married woman by five priests, women members of a Kerala-based outfit on July 1, sought reform of the centuries-old method of sacrament of confession, saying nuns should also be allowed to perform the penance for women. Representatives of the Kerala Church ActContinue Reading
Thailand: A Thai football team that had been lost in a cave for nine days has been found safe. There had been no contact with the boys, aged between 11 and 16, since they went missing with their football coach nine days ago. A massive rescue effort had been hamperedContinue Reading
Chennai: In a step towards the inclusion of the transgender community into mainstream society, Sathyasri Sharmila became India’s first transgender lawyer. Sharmila, who hails from Tamil Nadu, did not have an easy journey, as she was subject to torture and abuse on account of her gender. “Today, I enrolled myContinue Reading
Karachi’s Joseph Coutts was among 14 new cardinals to be created from around the world on Thursday and when Pope Francis presented him with the red hat, he became the fifth person of Goan origin to be appointed to the cardinalate. Coutts, 72, who traces his roots to Aldona andContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has taken measures to address a spiraling sex abuse scandal in Chile, but he hasn’t moved on a problem closer to home: Vatican City itself does not have policies to protect children from pedophile priests or require suspected abuse to be reported to police. Seven yearsContinue Reading
The cardinal has no jurisdiction over Latin dioceses or congregationsContinue Reading
Rome: “God’s Mason,” “Mother Teresa with pants,” “God’s soldier,” “the apostle of garbage” and “the insurgent of Madagascar” are but a handful of the nicknames given to Father Pedro Opeka, nominated multiple times for the Nobel Peace Prize, who’s also a recipient of France’s Legion of Honor and several papalContinue Reading
Sr Edathil belongs to the Bethany congregationContinue Reading
The nun says she had complained to the cardinal two years agoContinue Reading