New Delhi: A 10-year-old schoolgirl from Kerala has written to Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, saying how “happy and proud” she felt to see the Supreme Court make vital interventions to alleviate the sufferings of her fellow citizens in the grip of the pandemic. Chief Justice Ramana told LidwinaContinue Reading
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Department of Ayurveda and Alternative Medicines on June 7 stopped distribution of’ Coronil kits that were gifted by the Patanjali group of Indian yoga teacher and businessman Ramdev. Kathmandu’s order cited that proper procedures were not followed while procuring the 1,500 kits of Coronil that Patanjali claims areContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) has appealed the federal and state governments to review all sedition charges and cases slapped on media persons and social activists in the country. “Respecting and imbibing the spirit of the Supreme Court verdict that recently quashed theContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Imphal: Archbishop Dominic Lumon of Imphal has led a prayer service to seek divine intervention in the fight against the pandemic in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh organized the June 7 inter-faith prayer meeting at the Western gate of historicContinue Reading
Chiavenna: An Italian nun who was stabbed to death by three teenage girls was beatified, after Pope Francis declared her a martyr, killed “in hatred of the faith.” Sister Maria Laura Mainetti was beatified on June 6, the eleventh anniversary of her murder, in Chiavenna, the northern Italian town. PresidingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: A Jesuit college in Patna has been conferred with “Green Champion” award for its contribution to Swachhta (cleanliness) Education and Practice. St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology was among 400 educational institutions, including 28 managed by Christians, that received the award from the MahatmaContinue Reading
By chhotebhai By Kanpur: Lest one go into sixes and sevens over this title; it was occasioned by a recent headline in the Times of India that read “New Vatican Law criminalizes sexual abuse by priests, laity.” It was referring to Decalogue Six, the sixth commandment, “You shall not commitContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Chachana: When some 30 people thronged a clinic run by three Carmelite sisters in the western Indian state of Gujarat early April 7, Sr. Lisset Vadakkekara saw it as an unusual sign to bear witness to her role as a Catholic nun and a follower of ChristContinue Reading
New Delhi: At least 40 people have been killed and more than 120 injured after a train collision near the southern Pakistani town of Dharki, officials say, with rescue work still under way to find survivors trapped in the debris. The collision took place early on June 7morning near theContinue Reading
Rome : The Diocese of Shanghai has four new priests. Ordained on June 5, they were supposed to be five, but one deacon was not ordained on government orders because he attended on his own World Youth Day, in Krakow (Poland), from 25 to 31 July 2016. For this reason,Continue Reading
