Adilabad: The tribal rights organisation, Tudum Debba, staged a dharna demanding the government to introduce Girijana Bandhu on the lines of the Dalit Bandhu scheme, in front of the Collectorate in Adilabad on Aug. 23. Hundreds of tribals belonging to different parts of the district gathered in front of theContinue Reading
Rome: Vandals have stolen a cross from the Catholic church in the Holy Land built on the site where tradition holds that Jesus performed the miracle of multiplying five loaves and two fishes to feed 5,000 people. Israeli police are investigating the theft of a six inch iron cross fromContinue Reading
Washington: More than 60 percent of born again adult Christians in America believe that Buddha, Muhammad and Jesus are all valid paths to salvation. More than over 30 percent of those between 18 and 39 say they either believe that Jesus sinned just like other people when He lived onContinue Reading
By M.K.George Rome: Afghanistan is on everyone’s mind. A tormenting presence. Should we be crying or speaking up for her? As the president of the country Ashraf Ghani fled and Taliban forces took over the city of Kabul, the despondence and extreme fear of the people of Afghanistan, except forContinue Reading
Beijing: China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that could threaten its hopes of increased prosperity and global influence. The ceremonial legislature on Aug. 20 amended the Population and Family Planning Law as part of a decades-longContinue Reading
New Delhi: As Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, one of the country’s most popular film personalities Sahraa Karimi on August 22 said the current situation is “horrible” and the need of the hour is to document what’s happening in the region for the world to witness these testing times. TheContinue Reading
Washington: Afghanistan’s terrified Christians are bracing for a new round of persecution in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of the country, Christian leaders and aid organizations warn. “We are telling people to stay in their houses because going out now is too dangerous,” one Afghani Christian leader told theContinue Reading
A martyr of faith The August 21 celebration of the 200 years of the birth of Andrew Kim is part of the Jubilee Year that the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea (CBCK) has declared from November 29, 2020, to November 27, 2021. The theme chosen for the jubilee is, “AreContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has been selected for the first Kandhamal Award for Human Rights/ The individual award has gone posthumously to Paul Pradhan, who had worked for women’s empowerment and the rights of Tribals and Dalits in the eastern Indian state ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal: The death of wife of one of the Kandhamal’s “Seven Innocents” brought gloom to the survivors of the 2008 anti-Christian violence and their supporters. Gumili, wife of Durjo Sunamajhi, one of the seven people accused of murdering a Hindu ascetic, died August 19 in a hospitalContinue Reading
