By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec. 3, 2018: Renewable energy came in as a whiff of fresh air. India is today the world’s largest renewables auction market and ranks 2nd after Chile in the 2018 Climatescope. Beside promising cheap energy, renewables was also seen as a weapon to lift millionsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec. 2, 2018: Pope Francis on Dec. 2 appointed Father Albert Hemrom as the coadjutor bishop of Dibrugarh diocese in Assam state, eastern India. This was announced at noon in Rome and at its corresponding time 4:30 pm in India. The bishop-elect was bornContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec. 2, 2018: A cultural team will beat special drums and perform folk dance to demand reservation for Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin. The two communities have been facing discrimination solely on the basis of religion for the past 68 years. The successiveContinue Reading
Washington, Dec. 2, 2018: Ultranationalism is the chief reason behind the growing number of countries ranked worse than before on guaranteeing citizens their religious freedom, according to Thomas Heine-Geldern, executive president of Aid to the Church in Need. One example was India’s “Hinduistic nationalist approach,” Heine-Geldern said, “which leads toContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Kathmandu, Dec. 2, 2018: Kathmandu — Religious leaders and social organizations must address global current challenges, and have budget for peace initiatives, a Jain religious leader told the Asia-Pacific Leadership Summit being held in Kathmandu. Ambassador of Peace Acharya Lokesh Muni from New Delhi also onContinue Reading
United Nations, Dec. 2, 2018: An estimated 120,000 children and adolescents aged 0-19 were living with HIV in India in 2017, the highest number in South Asia, according a report by UNICEF. The report warns that around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day globally by 2030 ifContinue Reading
By Apurva Viswanath New Delhi, Dec. 2, 2018: Justice Joseph, the controversial but ‘compassionate’ judge who has retired from the India’s Supreme Court, was seen to have held views in line with the Church — particularly on abortion and divorce. “If someone is to take a vote on who isContinue Reading
Kochi, Dec. 2, 2018: The National Commission for Women says the Catholic Church is not protecting the interest of a nun, who had accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of sexually abusing her. Until “now the Church has not come clean” in the nun rape case, commission chairperson Rekha SharmaContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Indore, Dec. 2, 2018: Nehal Patel used to shy away from people with HIV/AIDS who visit a care center that shares space on her high school campus, but now she is no longer afraid to sit near them and exchange pleasantries. “I could not have imagined doingContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec. 2, 2018: The only non-Western member of the committee organizing the Feb. 21-24 Vatican summit on clerical sexual abuse can contribute “deep insights” at the meeting, according to a member of the pope’s commission for child protection. Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai joins ChicagoContinue Reading