By George Jacob Kochi, June 21, 2022: As the country observes Doctors’ Day on July 1, my tributes go out to a young doctor. She is a student pursuing Diplomate of the National Board in Anesthesiology in the hospital I work in. Being a student in a busy department, leavesContinue Reading
Mexico City, June 21, 2022: The Jesuits in Mexico have said two of their priests were murdered while trying to defend a man who was seeking refuge in a church while being being pursued by an armed person. A statement from Jesuit provincial of Mexico Father Luis Gerardo Moro MadridContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, June 18, 2022: Two recent articles speak of how Hindutva forces easily trap bishops, priests and nuns by exploiting their ignorance. Jesuit Father Vincent Perappaden wrote about the conclave organized by the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) Minority Morcha in Kerala for Catholic priests and nuns andContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, June 19, 2022: There are many who admire Arundhati Roy. Many others do not. But no one can deny she speaks truth to the powers. Listen to her recent conversations with Aljazeera: “The bulldozing of Muslim homes, it marks a moment in time where youContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Burdwan, June 19, 2022: Family day celebration on the feast of the Body and Blood of Chris brought joyful tears to husbands and wives in a rural and tribal in an eastern Indian state. Thomas Parish, Ekpere, situated about 140 km northwest of Kolkata, capital ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal, June 16, 2022: About 500 people – Hindus and Christians – June 16 observed the second death anniversary of Chandrakanta Pradhan, a Catholic from Odisha who died in the skirmish between Indian and Chinese armies in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh region “The death of ChandrakantaContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, June 16, 2022: Among the Religious, elections or appointments of provincial superiors or even superiors general do not easily make global news but recently the election of a 51-year-old Franciscan priest as a provincial in Germany made headlines simply because he is a self-declared gay.Continue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Pune, June 16, 2022: A Catholic bishop in India has reached out to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the umbrella organization of Hindu nationalists groups. On June 12 in Pune, the cultural capital of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Bishop Thomas Dabre of Poona took part inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2022: Setting up national and state redressal commissions and strengthening India’s human rights monitoring mechanisms were among the demands an ecumenical body made to the federal minister of minority affairs. A delegation of the United Christian Forum on June 16 submitted toContinue Reading
By LiCAS.News Only 6 percent of domestic workers worldwide have access to comprehensive social protection, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO). This leaves 94 percent lacking access to the full range of protections, covering medical care, sickness, unemployment, old age, employment injury, family, maternity, invalidityContinue Reading
