By Rajmohan Gandhi Illinois: The ABVP young men who alerted the railway police about the “crime” they were witnessing as their train, the Utkal Express, was speeding along clearly thought they were doing a patriotic duty. When, as a result, two nuns from Kerala plus the two trainees accompanying themContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on March 25 quashed hate crime proceedings initiated against Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim for a Facebook post. A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao agreed with Mukhim, a Padma Shri awardee, that her social media post was only an expression of truth inContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other clerics, including priests and nuns, who work at the Holy See. In a decree published online March 24 by the Vatican’s official newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Francis said that starting in April cardinals’ salaries will be reduced 10 percent.Continue Reading
By Daria Litvinova and Jamey Keaten Geneva: A team of international and Chinese scientists is poised to report on its joint search for the origins of the coronavirus that sparked a pandemic after it was first detected in China over a year ago — with four theories being considered, andContinue Reading
By Markandey Katju New Delhi: The recent harassment of Christian nuns from Kerala in Jhansi by Bajrang Dal goons, and also the police, must be unequivocally condemned as a disgrace to our country. Nuns are women who render great service to society in the fields of education and health care.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: Readers would want to pack me off to the loony bin. Here we are in the middle of Holy Week and I am dreaming of Christmas! Am I nuts? There is a famous book, “Nine days to Christmas” by Aurora Labastida and Marie Hall Ets, published inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Sister Jessy Kurian, a Supreme Court lawyer and former member of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, on March 25 urged the Nation Human Rights Commission to act against attackers of nuns traveling on a train. In a letter to the commission, a statutoryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ponkunnam: India’s Home Minister Amit Shah has assured Christians that he would take action against attackers of Catholic nuns who were traveling on a train in Uttar Pradesh. The minister was responding to an appeal from Member of Parliament Alphons Kannanthanam at a public function inContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: Even a cursory glance at the realities which grip India today, will make one realize how grim the situation is. On every global parameter, from the happiness index to the freedom one; from democracy to economic indicators, the country has plummeted miserably and as neverContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore: Attacks on church institutions and harassment of Christian priests and nuns have become a routine affair now. The latest incident was on March 17 against two nuns travelling with young postulants in a train from New Delhi to Odisha. The nuns were in their traditional religiousContinue Reading
