By M K George Rome, Aug 12, 2022: The acronym LGBTIQAPD stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and/or Ally, Pansexual, and Demi-sexual. They are people who have different sexual orientations and struggle with identities divergent from what the mainstream society is used to. For many,Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, Aug 12, 2022: A daily wager’s daughter has created history by topping the senior secondary school examination in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Monisha Pradhan secured 554 of the total 600 marks in the Council of Higher Secondary Education. The results were published August 8.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vaishali, Aug 12, 2022: The National Institute of Social Communications Research and Training (NISCORT) inaugurated a new staff residence and an additional floor to its present Academic Block at Vaishali, Ghaziabad in the NCR region. The Mass Media Communications College is run by the Catholic Bishops’Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Aug 11, 2022: The first national march for life heard a former Supreme Court judge urging bishops and Catholic religious congregations to lead the way to preserve life from conception to death. Justice Kurian Joseph, a former Supreme Court judge, suggested that the bishop ofContinue Reading
By Benedict Mayaki, SJ A delegation of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has paid a visit to Ukraine as the Russian invasion, which has devastated several cities and caused a humanitarian crisis, enters its sixth month. A WCC statement said that the delegation, led by the acting general secretary,Continue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 11, 2022: India is celebrating the 75th year of its Independence. Even after 75 years, India’s youth is facing a lot of challenges like unemployment, human trafficking, drug abuse, psychological pressures due to broken family systems and stress at work place etc. Is theContinue Reading
By Rebecca Tinsley Khartoum, Aug 11, 2022: A court in Sudan has sentenced a 20-year-old woman to be stoned to death for alleged adultery. The judgment comes as violence toward girls and women soars in the wake of last year’s military coup. Civil society and human rights groups in SudanContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Aug 10, 2022: An ongoing prayer campaign for Truth and Justice for Kandhamal has been formulated into a 14-day special prayer ahead of the 14th anniversary of Kandhamal bloodshed and persecution. “Nobody can stop us from praying,” said journalist author Anto Akkara who has beenContinue Reading
By Sarah Mac Donald Dublin, Aug 9, 2022: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, one of Pope Francis’ closest advisers, has denied reports that he sought to intervene in the case of an Indian bishop accused of secretly fathering a child. In a video posted online August 7, Cardinal Gracias, who is theContinue Reading
Lusaka, Aug 9, 2022: Salesian missionaries in Zambia have invited filmmaking experts from India to train youth who are passionate about filmmaking. The intensive course was held at the Salesian center in Bauleni, Lusaka, the national capital. The 40 students from Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia received training in film directing,Continue Reading
