Saints Alphonsa , Kuriakose and Euprasia are attracting vast numbers of tourists to Kerala, where Christians comprise 18% of the state’s population. A group of pilgrims from Goa kneel before the tomb of St Alphonsa in Kerala’s Kottayam. After prayers, a priest guides them through the sprawling church complex, packedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A Catholic priest arrested for alleged forced conversion charge has been released on bail on Dec. 15, hours after he was arrested and produced before a trial court in Satna town, Madhya Pradesh state. Father George Mangalapilly was among 30 seminarians and two priestsContinue Reading
New Delhi: People with disablility have a right to get higher education and not making adequate provisions to facilitate their proper education would amount to “discrimination”, the Supreme Court said Friday. Ir directed the government institutions of higher education and other such institutions, which were receiving aid from the government,Continue Reading
New Delhi: The Indian government on Friday approved a draft law under which the practice of giving instant triple talaq would be made illegal and void and would attract a jail term of three years for the husband, a government functionary has said The draft ‘Muslim Women Protection of RightsContinue Reading
Canberra: Leaders of the Catholic church in Australia on Friday dismissed calls from a landmark inquiry into child sexual abuse that the Vatican should make celibacy for priests voluntary and end the secrecy of confession. Earlier on Friday, Australia’s Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse delivered itsContinue Reading
New Delhi: Highly dramatic scenes were witnessed Friday in New Delhi as Gorkhaland activists from around the nation residing in New Delhi gathered to take part in Parliament March for Gorkhaland. The march aimed at raising awareness about the demand for the separate state of Gorkhaland was intercepted by DelhiContinue Reading
New Delhi: Police in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand have frozen a bank account with deposits of around Rs 3 lakh “collected in the name” of Shambhulal Regar, who is in custody for killing a Muslim labourer from West Bengal, burning his body and circulating videos of the incident. Police officers told TheContinue Reading
KolKata: The marble hall of St Anthony’s High School reverberated with carol tunes as an all-clergy band belted out ‘Joy To the World’, ‘A Ray of Hope’, ‘Merry Christmas’ and ‘Shorger Shinri’ on Thursday evening. The sombre school building was transformed into a cozy fesive venue as the band comprisingContinue Reading
Police released the Church group at 2 am todayContinue Reading
Odisha tops in the number of lungis draped by their malesContinue Reading