By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 24, 2023: A top team of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India that visited the conflict-ridden areas of Manipur has criticized the prolonged silence and apathy of the law enforcement agencies in containing violence in the northeastern Indian state. “It is our earnest appealContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra Ranchi, July 23, 2023: Members of various Churches joined the Conference of Religious India to organize a human chain and prayer service on July 23 for peace and harmony in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Jesuit Archbishop Felix Toppo of Ranchi led more than 10,000Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 23, 2023: A priest, suspended for his “grave disobedience” and causing public scandals, says nothing will deter his mission is to cleanse the Kerala Church, particularly his Syro-Malabar Church. “I see the suspension as the first acknowledgment of my new mission. I also knowContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi, July 23, 2023: Gandhians in Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, have expressed shock and dismay after the Uttar Pradesh Administration sealed the Sarva Seva Sangh (SSS), a well-known Gandhian institute that serves as the central office of its various branches all over India. Vallabhacharya Pandey, a GadhianContinue Reading
By Warner D’Souza Goa, July 22, 2023: I am on a two-year sabbatical; that is a privilege considering the shortage of priests in the Archdiocese of Bombay. It would seem that every hand should be on the deck and here I am, away in Goa. While my compulsions of healthContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, July 22, 2023: Death is a great revealer. The quote from Shakespeare, ‘the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones,’ is not always true. On the contrary, death and accompanying ceremonies can be great eye-openers and inspirationalContinue Reading
Bishop Prince Antony Adilabad, July 21, 2023: Today India’s soul is deeply wounded! Shameful and shocking videos of barbaric acts carried out against two women on May 4 have now surfaced from Manipur, which has been burning for more than two months. Two helpless women were paraded naked surrounded byContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 21, 2023: Christians, especially women, have joined nationwide condemnation of parading two women naked and gangraping them in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur where ethnic violence has raged for the past 80 days. A viral video of 26-minutes shows men sexually attacking womenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, July 21, 2023: The United Christian Forum of North East India has expressed its disgust, pain, and condemnation at what it says was a horrifying incident that occurred in Manipur state. “A video recently surfaced on social media showing two Kuki women being paraded nakedContinue Reading
By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala Mumbai, July 21, 2023: Like most of us I belong to WhatsApp groups that reflect my affections and affiliations. Of late, in groups that were started mainly to share lively banter and news of loved ones, I am faced with a vexing question: Should we talkContinue Reading
