Thiruvananthapuram: CBI special court will deliver its verdict in the Sister Abhaya murder case on December 22. The trial in the case concluded on December 10 with the prosecution’s reply arguments. Judge K Sanil Kumar posted the case for verdict on December 22. The final argument in the case beganContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 6, 2020: “People have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities need to let them do so,” said Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary General of the United Nations on December 5, on being asked about the farmers’ movement that has continued despite talks with the GovernmentContinue Reading
London, November 25, 2020: Priests are warned against making ‘disparaging remarks’ on social media in a new safeguarding document drawn up by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales. The guidelines, Pastoral Standards and Safe Practices in the Conduct of Ministry, sent to every bishop, secular and religious priest andContinue Reading
Rome, Nov 4, 2020: Pope Francis has restricted the right of diocesan bishops to establish new religious congregations. In a motu proprio published on Nov 4, the pope modifies canon law so that it is no longer necessary for local bishops merely to consult with Rome before officially recognizing religiousContinue Reading
Vienna, Nov 2,2020: At least one person was killed and at least 15 others – including at least one police officer – were seriously injured in exchanges of gunfire in central Vienna that Austria’s interior minister described as a terror attack. One attacker was shot dead after incidents at sixContinue Reading
Lucknow: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has barred officials from giving public statements on the Hathras gangrape and murder case if they are not directly connected with the investigation. The court said that the restraint order was necessary to avoid “unnecessary speculation and confusion among the masses,Continue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has rejected a plea seeking ban on Halal form of slaughtering of animals adhered by Muslims. A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul October 12 questioned the intention of the petitioner and also said that court cannot interfere with the food habitsContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis called for the laity to “take a step forward” in carrying out the Church’s mission of evangelization in a preface to a book written by an Italian bishop. “The time is now. The mission of the laity is not a privilege of a few and itContinue Reading
Secunderabad: Father Mathew Abraham, director-general of the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI), has been reappointed to his current post. The current term of the present CHAI Director-General, Father Abraham, a Redemptorist priest, is due to end in April 2021. Based on the officially prescribed internal processes, the CHAI NationalContinue Reading
Lucknow: A Catholic delegation led by Bishop Raphy Manjaly of Allahabad has met R K Tiwari, chief secretary of the government of Uttar Pradesh, to clarify doubts regarding the re-opening of places of worship in the northern Indian state from October 15. The confusion arose because of the differences inContinue Reading
