Kochi: The BJP reached out to minority Christians in poll-bound Kerala on March 1 with senior party leader and deputy chief minister of Karnataka C N Ashwath Narayan meeting a senior Catholic priest seeking to “gain the confidence” of the community. Besides Narayan, BJP state chief K Surendran, who isContinue Reading
Baghdad: The apostolic nunciature in Iraq reported on Feb. 28 that the Nuncio Mitja Leskovar, has tested positive for COVID less than a week before Pope Francis trip to the country. “The Apostolic Nuncio has recently tested positive to the COVID 19 virus. His symptoms are very light and fromContinue Reading
Alappuzha: Centuries-old St. George’s Orthodox Church at Cheppad has faced the risk of demolition for widening of National Highway (NH) 66, but it is now set to be declared a centrally protected monument of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). In February, as directed by the ASIContinue Reading
London: An Indian origin doctor is among infectious disease experts, who have expressed concern about Pope Francis’s upcoming trip to Iraq. They cited a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile healthcare system and the unavoidable likelihood that Iraqis will crowd to see him. No-one wants to tell FrancisContinue Reading
Paris: A French court on March 1 sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling, but suspended two years of the sentence. President from 2007 to 2012, he was found guilty of trying to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014Continue Reading
By Shashi Tharoor Thiruvananthapuram: During the unpleasantness surrounding the arrest of 22-year-old activist Disha Ravi, the most unsavory of the many disagreeable elements in the controversy was the attempt of Hindutva social media warriors to disparage her by claiming she is Christian. She is not, but what if she were?Continue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru: C P Yogeshwar, Karnataka’s minister of tourism, ecology and environment, has pledged support to films that champion the cause of preserving nature. The minister was the chief guest at a ceremony to award winners of a short film competition held at Bengaluru’s St. Joseph’s InstituteContinue Reading
Yangon: At least 18 people on February 28 were killed and more than 30 injured in Myanmar as police and military forces “confronted peaceful demonstrations,” the UN Human Rights Office said. The reported casualties make Sunday the deadliest day since the military seized power on February 1. As demonstrations againstContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has said that seeing a psychiatrist in Argentina helped him with anxiety when he was a younger priest in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper Feb. 27 The pope spoke with an Argentine journalist about his physical and mental health. In the excerpt of theContinue Reading
Mosul:In Mosul, adjacent to the Biblical city of Nineveh, four churches representing different denominations occupy a small square surrounded by low-rise houses, testament to the role Iraq’s once flourishing Christian community played. Today, all four churches are either damaged or destroyed after Islamic State militants occupied the city from 2014-2017,Continue Reading
