Jaffna: Gopal Bagay, the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, made a trip to the country’s North-East, the traditional Tamil homeland, ahead of a crucial vote on the island nation at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council Session (UNHRC) in Geneva. During his visit on March 13,Continue Reading
By Shalini S Kozhikode: Fifteen-year-old Noora Zaineb just finished her ninth-grade annual exams but promotion to the next grade is not the only thing she is looking forward to this year. Noora has made planting trees her mission. With the help of her father, Zaineb is on a mission toContinue Reading
Rome: Catholic groups of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people have expressed their sadness and disappointment at the Vatican ban on blessings for gay couples. The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC), a network of more than 40 organizations supporting LGBTIQ Catholics around the world, said: “This document isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on March 16 granted anticipatory bail to a Catholic nun accused of violating the central Indian state’s anti-conversion law. Sister Bhagya, a member of the Sisters of the Destitute, was asked to furnish personal bond of 10,000 rupees and withContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has denied permission to a Sikh jattha (group) of around 600 pilgrims to visit Pakistan for the 100th anniversary of the Saka Nankana Sahib. The group was expected to visit five gurudwaras in Pakistan from February 18 to 21. The Shiromani GurudwaraContinue Reading
By Debora Donnini Rome: On March 9, Pope Francis appointed Spanish biblical scholar, Sister Nuria Calduch-Benages, as secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. She expressed her surprise and gratitude in this interview with Vatican News. Sister Nuria has dedicated her life passionately to the study of the Bible. She teachesContinue Reading
By Nikhil George Joseph Kochi: At a time when the mainstream society of Kerala could not have in its wildest dreams imagined nuns working outside their convents, Sisters Redempta and Naveena of the Sisters of the Destitute (SD) chose to take up the audacious task of living their religious commitmentContinue Reading
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
