By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has held a Catholic priest and a nun responsible for the mysterious death of a 12-year-old girl at a Church center in Kerala ten years ago, report some online Malayalam news websites. The body of Shreya Benny, a seventhContinue Reading
Mosul: Pope Francis has urged Iraq’s Christians to forgive the injustices against them by Muslim extremists and to rebuild as he visited the wrecked shells of churches and met ecstatic crowds in the community’s historic heartland, which was nearly erased by the Islamic State group’s horrific reign. “Fraternity is moreContinue Reading
By Sister Luisa Derouen Kentucky: Courtney Sharp is the first transgender woman I met, back in 1999, and we have remained friends all these years. I got an email from her recently. She had just read the document from June 2020 written by retiring Archbishop Robert Carlson regarding transgender people.Continue Reading
Colombo: Catholics in Sri Lanka on March 7 attended Mass dressed in black, with prayers and protests calling for justice for those killed in co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks on Easter Sunday two years ago. Church bells tolled and prayers were chanted at 8:45am, the time when bombs were detonated almostContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: A popular priest of Calcutta archdiocese has resigned as the principal of a prestigious school amid reports that he would soon join the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party. Father Rodney Borneo, who was principal of Loyola High School for the past five years, on March 5Continue Reading
Ur: Here is the full prepared text of Pope Francis’ address at an interreligious meeting, delivered March 6, 2021, in the Plain of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham in Iraq. Dear brothers and sisters. This blessed place brings us back to our origins, to the sources of God’s work, toContinue Reading
By Mohua Das Mumbai: When a Mumbai couple found themselves a woman qazi to officiate at their nikah two years ago, it was a first for Darul Uloom-e-Niswan established in 2016 by the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan to produce a steady stream of women qazis, previously unheard of in India.Continue Reading
Mosul: Pope Francis visited the ruins of Mosul and a Christian community damaged by the Islamic State d on March 7, the third day of his historic visit to Iraq. The day earlier, the pontiff visited the birthplace of Abraham, met with a prominent Shia cleric and gave a sermonContinue Reading
By Karan Deep Singh Ballabgarh: In late November, an urgent email popped up in the inbox of Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices, one of the world’s largest syringe makers. It was from UNICEF, the United Nations agency for children, and it was desperately seeking syringes. Not just any would do.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Minister of State Ports, Shipping and Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya has flagged off the first “All Women Officers’ Sailing” on MT Swarna Krishna from Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port. Shipping and Waterways on March 7 said the event was an attempt to acknowledge women’s efforts in breaking down the stereotypesContinue Reading
