By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 28, 2023: Shalini Mathew (not her real name) thanks a home for women in distress managed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes for bringing her out of her trauma. “I used to get up in the middle of night and scream for help,Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, July 29, 2023: There could be no doubt about this: Every Indian of some sensitivity feels ashamed of what is happening in the state of Manipur with no end to the shame and pain. The visuals of two women gang raped and paraded naked keepContinue Reading
By ML Satyan Bengaluru, July 29, 2023: Ecological imbalance; environmental degradation; global warming; and climate change are the most widely spoken topics these days at various levels – national and global. I regularly watch news, debates and some tele-serials in Sun TV and other Tamil channels. Of late I haveContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 24, 2023: More than 3,200 people from various walks of life on July 24 signed a memorandum urging the Indian President to “intervene urgently” to end the ethnic crisis in Manipur, a northeastern Indian state. The memorandum was drafted by the National Alliance of People’sContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Gwalior, July 24, 2023: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered a fresh probe into the death of a Catholic bishop in the central Indian state. Bishop Thomas Thennatt of Gwalior died in a road accident on December14, 2018 and his family members suspected foul playContinue Reading
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
