By Tabeenah Anjum Jaipur, May 18, 2022: An author from a tribal community says writing about the marginalized is like walking a tight rope. “It is like a tug of war from the two sides and that is the challenge, we as writers are facing in the present times,” saysContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmad Patna, May 18, 2022: The forced hoisting of a saffron flag atop a mosque in Bihar during the recent Ram Navami procession was an attempt to provoke Muslims to retaliate with violence, says a fact-finding report by the state unit of People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL).Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pathanamthitta, May 18, 2022: A Muslim police officer’s act of kindness has brought joy to the families of two Hindu autorickshaw drivers in Pathanamthitta, Kerala. Assar Uman Ebin Umar Sahib, a Sub Inspector, decided to meet autorickshaw drivers in the southern Indian town to find outContinue Reading
By Giancarlo La Vella Jerusalem, May 17, 2022: All Christian denominations in the Holy Land have condemned a violent intrusion by the Israeli police in the funeral procession carrying the body of slain reporter, Shireen Abu Aqleh. Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III, the bishopsContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, May 17, 2022: The Karnataka government has passed an ordinance to abolish religious conversions in the southern Indian state ignoring resistance from the Catholic Church and other groups. Karnataka Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot ordinance on May 17 signed the ordinance a day after a Catholic delegationContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, May 17, 2022: The Syro-Malabar Church on May 17 condemned attempts by certain political leaders to discredit Christians and their leaders to gain temporary electoral success. The Kerala-based Oriental Catholic rite’s Public Affairs Commission noted that the southern Indian state was known for its greatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palakkad, May 17, 2022: On Ramzan day this year, Sachin,a resident of Pothukallel in Kerala’s Palakkad district, was surprised to receive an overseas phone call. The caller introduced himself as Abukutty from Velumbiampadath, Nilambur, in Palakkad. After initial pleasantries Abukutty asked Sachin to to to hisContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, May 17, 2022: St. Peter’s square is back to its festive mood. After almost three years of desolate space and token ceremonies, the square, which according to official counts can hold up to 300,000 people, had more than 50,000 people participating in the canonization ceremoniesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, May 15, 2022: Devasahayam, the first lay martyr from India, was among ten people Pope Francis canonized on May 15 at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Among the new saint are an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in the Dachau concentration camp and aContinue Reading
Sokoto, May 15, 2022: A Christian student was stoned and then burned in Nigeria for allegedly sending a blasphemous WhatsApp message about Muslim prophet Mohammed during Ramadan. Deborah Yakubu studied at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, northern Nigeria. The college was closed for holidays when the allegedContinue Reading
