By Matters India Reporter Yangon: In a joint appeal for restoration of peace and reconciliation in the civil unrest following military coup on February 1, Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Myanmar has endorsed Buddhist monks warning. Bishops representing 16 Catholic dioceses in Myanmar in February 21 letter appealed to specially thoseContinue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj New Delhi: Indian students have been hitting the books hard in preparation for a big test on cows, reading that India’s cows have more emotions than foreign ones, and that their humps have special powers. As part of a new optional bovine curriculum, pushedContinue Reading
Kolkata: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has announced a national level film award after legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Javadekar made this announcement February 22 at a program organized by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) in Kolkata, according to an actor who was present at the event. At theContinue Reading
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic bishops says they are suspicious of the government’s motives in not sharing the report of a presidential commission of inquiry into Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks in 2019 that killed more than 260 people, and instead appointing another committee to study it. Bishop Julian WinstonContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has noted the 90th anniversary of Christ’s revelations to Saint Faustina about the Divine Mercy. The Polish nun was given the now famous image of Jesus that reflects his Divine Mercy, with the prayer, “Jesus, I trust in you.” After praying the midday Angelus on FebruaryContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on February 22 granted bail for six months on medical grounds to Varavara Rao, who has been in jail for over two years in the Koregaon-Bhima case. “With all humility and human considerations, we are of the opinion that this is a fit case forContinue Reading
By Philip Pullella Vatican City: Pope Francis has put a 19th century English Catholic priest who was a distant relative of Britain’s Prince William on the path to sainthood. The Vatican said February 20 that the Pope had approved a decree recognizing the “heroic virtues” of George Spencer, a priestContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has held a day of prayer to express closeness to the victims of sexual abuse of minors and raise awareness of the problem among the faithful. Sister Arina Gonsalves of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors says theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Protesting farmers on February 21 announced a series of events to further escalate their agitation against the three new agricultural laws as they accused the government of adopting “repressive” measures against them. They also said they will soon devise a strategy to keep the protest going for long.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Activists Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk will on February 22 join the investigation into the toolkit at Delhi Police’s cyber cell office in Dwarka, a suburb in southwest New Delhi. A senior police officer said they had contacted Jacob and Muluk over phone and notices had been servedContinue Reading
