By Giampaolo Mattei Vatican City, June 4, 2022: Members of World Taekwondo, the International federation governing the sport, paid a visit to the Vatican with the aim of promoting efforts towards a “culture of encounter” that remove “patterns of confrontation,” including through sports. Federation president Chungwon Choue on June 3Continue Reading
George Kannanthanam Bengaluru, June 4, 2022: When Jesus said “You are the light of the world” (Mt 5/14) more than 2000 years ago, I don’t know whether he ever imagined that some of his disciples would literally go around fixing lights in places where there is no light. This isContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Tezu, June 4, 2022: A group of young people from Tezu town in Arunachal Pradesh marked the World Bicycle Day by promoting the cause of peace and environment. The 10-memeber youth group, cycled from Krick and Bourry Memorial School in Tezu to Demwe in Lohit district andContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 3, 2022: Christian groups in India have welcomed the Delhi High Court questioning the basis for filing petitions on forced conversion. The bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Tushar Rao Gedela on June 3 pointed out that conversion is not prohibited in India. “It’sContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, June 4, 2022: A Catholic college in Goa marked the western Indian state’s 35th statehood day by launching a mangrove conservation project. Goa was made a state in India on May 30, 1987. St. Joseph Vaz College in Cortalim, 17 km south of the stateContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 3, 2022: The just concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) would be fresh in people’s minds. Hence one cannot be faulted for presuming that this piece is about cricket! It isn’t. It’s not about red balls but about red hats, the red Berettas given to Cardinals. TheyContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, June 3, 2022: Free thinking is good but right thinking is better. There is God. It is not just I who say that to you. The whole universe says it if you will but hear its voice. Just listen now and if you are really aContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 2, 2022: The given title of this write-up is a serious issue of concern in the Catholic Church in India. There is one group saying that there is no casteism in the Catholic Church. Another group asserts the presence of casteism in the IndianContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril New Delhi, June 2, 2022: The International Catholic Migration Commission has elected Christine Nathan, the first Asian and Indian, as its president. The election took place of when the commission’s council met May 30-June 1 in Rome. The council has members from all national bishops’ conferences inContinue Reading
Islamabad, June 1, 2022: Following a petition of the National Human Rights Commission (NCHR), the Punjab Department of General Services and Administration May end put a stop to the mention of the religion of candidates in public advertisements for jobs. For years, Pakistani civil society organizations have criticized employment advertisementsContinue Reading
