Vatican City: The Vatican decreed March 15 that the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions since God cannot bless sin. The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response March 15 to a question about whether Catholic clergy have the authority to blessContinue Reading
Experts have expressed serious concerns over the downgrading of India’s status from ‘the world’s largest democracy to an ‘electoral autocracy’ and from a “Free Country” to a “Partly Free Country” in the international reports. They expressed their views in a group discussion held by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) here on theContinue Reading
New Delhi: More than a thousand Adivasi women gathered in Barwani, Madhya Pradesh on February 17 to demand the arrest of 20-25 men who had barged into an Adivasi home. The mob falsely accusing them of organizing religious conversion, allegedly molested young girls and attacked an 8-month pregnant woman, whoContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore: Sister Loretta Pinto, who worked in Catholic Relief Services after becoming the first nun in India to pass MSW, passed on March 14 at Villa St. Joseph, Mysore, after prolonged age-related illness. The member of the Carmelite Sisters of St Teresa was 90. The Hindi saying,Continue Reading
By M.K. George S J Rome: Sr. Ann Rose Nu Twang. Everyone knows her. If you still do not, you should get to know her. The video of Sister Ann, in a white robe and a black veil kneeling on a street in the northern town of Myitkyina, Myanmar, pleadingContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: The Blame Game, and shirking responsibility for one’s acts, is as old as the hills. When God questioned Adam, he blamed Eve, who in turn blamed the serpent (cf Gen 3:12-13). Their son Cain also sought to deflect responsibility for his brother’s death saying “Am I myContinue Reading
Colombo: Sri Lanka will soon ban the burqa or face veil, a Cabinet Minister said on Saturday, as he announced the Rajapaksa administration’s latest policy decision impacting the minority Muslim community. Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said authorities would henceforth use the controversial Prevention of Terrorism (PTA) law — thatContinue Reading
On March 12, the Supreme Court issued notice in a plea to set up medical boards in all districts with adequate gynaecologists and paediatricians for assisting rape survivors, reported Bar & Bench. The Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justice AS Bopanna passed this order in aContinue Reading
“No no, I have been going to my school every week,” says 12-year-old Khushiram when asked about not having been to school in a year. A class VI student at a Delhi government school in Mayur Vihar Pocket IV, Khushiram lives with his family at their home on the YamunaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji: The Daughters of St Paul in India are using traditional and social media to spread the Gospel message in various parts of the country. They now reach out to parishes in cities and villages in the country, during this Pauline Biblical Year that was launchedContinue Reading
