Bangkok: YouTube has removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military for violating its community guidelines and terms of service. The company said March 5 that it terminated channels of broadcasters Myawaddy Media, MRTV, WD Online Broadcasting, MWD Variety and MWD Myanmar. The decision follows a Feb. 1 military coup thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The release of an octogenarian Jesuit activist from jail is among several issues that a Catholic weekly wants the Church leaders in Kerala to raise with the BJP leaders who now woo the Christians in the southern Indian state. “We should loudly ask theContinue Reading
Chennai: Gomathi (name changed), a resident of a Semmenchery in Chennai, dropped out of school during Covid-19 lockdown and started working as a house maid in Vellore district. She was rescued by Non-Governmental Organisations and the district administration in September 2020 following information that she was harassed by the houseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Geneva: The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) have condemned the deteriorating law and order situation and violence in Myanmar. A March 4 joint statement from WCC general secretary Reverend Ioan Sauca and his CCA counterpart Mathews George Chunakara, expressedContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Agartala: Christians in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura have expressed disappointment over scheduling an election on Easter Sunday. “Scheduling the election on the Universal Festival of Easter, which is a weeklong obligatory observance of faith for all Christians around the world, will not only make theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Cardinal Oswald Gracias on March 4 took the first dose of Covid vaccine after inaugurating a designated vaccination center at Holy Family Hospital in Bandra, a Mumbai suburb. The hospital, which is managed by the Ursulines of Mary Immaculate congregation, launched the second phase ofContinue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario Kolkata: BRBC stands for ‘Bengal Regional Bishops’ Council. It consists of eight ecclesiastical provinces in West Bengal and Sikkim. The Archdiocese of Calcutta is the Metropolitan Archdiocese having seven suffragan dioceses. They are Asansol, Bagdorgra, Baruipur, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Krishnagar and Raiganj. The Catholic population in BengalContinue Reading
Bilkondi: Three Christians, including two pastors, were hospitalized after a Hindu radical group allegedly attacked a birthday party. On March 1, a mob of 25 members of the Bajrang Dal attacked Christians who had gathered at Bilkondi, a village in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, for the birthday celebrationsContinue Reading
London: No one knows how many Iraqi Christians will flock to witness the historic visit of Pope Francis to Iraq, for the simple reason that no one knows exactly how many of the faithful remain in a country that can trace its Christian roots back to the earliest days ofContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on March 3 said voicing dissent against the government did not amount to sedition, while rejecting a plea to “terminate” the Lok Sabha membership of Farooq Abdullah and book him for sedition. A Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul rejected a petitionContinue Reading
