Bettiah: At least 16 people have died at a village in Bihar in the past few days, in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning in a state that had passed the prohibition law six years ago. According to a statement issued by the administration of West Champaran district, headquartered inContinue Reading
Norwich, Conn: The Diocese of Norwich filed for bankruptcy Thursday amid several dozen sexual abuse lawsuits filed related to a former school administered by the diocese. Bishop Michael Cote, in a July 15 video message, said that the bankruptcy will “centralize all litigation and oversee a settlement that ensures thatContinue Reading
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kidnappers have freed a Catholic nun seized on her way to a market in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Catholic charity reported on July 16. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) said on July 16 that the nun, identified onlyContinue Reading
By Olav Albuquerque Mumbai: The 48th Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on July 15 veered around to the view that the offence of sedition should be scrapped from the statute books when he asked the federal government where was the need to retain this colonial law. “This archaicContinue Reading
By Joel Urumpil Chaibasa: I want to speak about the Stan I knew for over 40 years and more — a very vibrant man totally committed to the liberation of human society. Stan had two aspects: the intellectual and the grassroots activist. I first met Stan in the mid-1970s whenContinue Reading
Rome: The death in custody of Indian Catholic priest Stan Swamy, a renowned human rights and social justice advocate for over four decades, will forever remain a stain on India’s human rights record, a United Nations human rights expert has said. The 84-year-old, who died on July 5 while undergoingContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: A comment posted outside Holy Family Church, a Jesuit-run parish in Andheri East, Mumbai, says: “The caged bird sang and his spirit soared.” But did it, really? The truth is that Jesuit jailbird Stan Swamy has a long way to go before his soul canContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on July 16 promised to probe the demolition of a Catholic church in the national capital and try to restore it. The leader of the Aam Aadmi Party said this when a Church delegation led by Archbishop Kuriakose BharanikulangaraContinue Reading
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on July 16 expressed grief at the killing of Indian photo-journalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan, with the UN mission in the war-torn country calling for an investigation into his killing of reporters. “The Secretary General grieves the journalists killed or indeed harassed anywhereContinue Reading
Vidisha: Eleven bodies were recovered till the end of the rescue operation in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh where 30 people had fallen into a well while trying to rescue a boy. Nineteen people who fell into the well at Lal Patar village in Vidisha district’s Ganj Basoda area haveContinue Reading
