Rome: Pope Francis has agreed to meet in December with Indigenous survivors of Canada”s notorious residential schools amid calls for a papal apology for the Catholic Church”s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said Francis had invited the delegationsContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: Catholic leaders in India are demanding answers after the death of a Dalit Catholic woman in custody after she was accused of stealing money from a church. The Telangana High Court last week ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of the woman, allegedly due to policeContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Balasore: A three-decade old cultural center in Odisha’s Balasore diocese is on a revival mode on its founder’s return after 15 years. “I am planning to revive the activities of Utkal Vani and look after the academic studies also,” says Father Chacko Vaniyampurayidathil of Balasore diocese. TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: The Madras High Court has set July 8 as the deadline for India’s Catholic bishops and federal and state governments to respond to a petition alleging caste based discrimination within the Church in the country. The court on June 25 issued notices to the CatholicContinue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman, Emily Schmall, Suhasini Raj and Hari Kumar NEW DELHI: At 9:45 p.m., alarms blared across the intensive care unit of Jaipur Golden Hospital. Over two dozen patients on ventilators couldn’t breathe. Some flailed their arms and legs. Others cried for help, choking sounds coming from their throatsContinue Reading
New Delhi: A government cannot “abdicate” its duties to feed migrant workers, especially during a pandemic, merely because they did not have ration cards, the Supreme Court said in a judgment on June 29. “There is a large number of such migrants who do not possess any card. Their aboveContinue Reading
Washington: Nine of the 11 finalists for this year’s US Spelling Bee contest are Indian-Americans, reflecting the dominance young kids from the small ethnic community have had on this prestigious and high-pressure endurance test for more than a decade now. The 11 spellers, of which nine are Indian-Americans, will competeContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Neotan: A farmer in Arunachal Pradesh is on a special mission: Promote the writing system of his tribal dialect. “My aim is to preserve our Tangsa language, which according to a recent study is marked as an endangered language,” says Wanglung Mossang, a villager in Changlang districtContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Pope Francis on June 29 appointed bishops for Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu and Port Blair that covers the entire Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Father Savarimuthu Arokiaraj is the new bishop of Tiruchirappalli while Father Visuvasam Selvaraj, the Port Blair prelate. Both the appointments were announcedContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru: A group of students has used “social media” to reach out to thousands of people with awareness on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The students joined a “100-program Challenge” launched June 26 by Ecolink Institute of Well-being, a Mangaluru-based NGO involved inContinue Reading
