New Delhi: The eleventh round of talks between the federal government and farmers protesting the agriculture laws ended January 22 in a stalemate, as the previous ten did. The farmer leaders refused to accept the government’s latest proposal – to put the controversial laws on hold for a year-and-a-half. UnlikeContinue Reading
Rome: A recently ordained Catholic priest died in hospital January 21 after an explosion destroyed a parish building in the Spanish capital, Madrid. Fr. Rubén Pérez Ayala was ordained to the priesthood last June. His first assignment was at the Virgen de la Paloma parish near the Puerta de ToledoContinue Reading
Rome: As a self-proclaimed atheist in his early 20s, Private Dillon Beatson said that the only time he spoke of religion was with ridicule. But when his helicopter crashed during a training mission in the Middle East, he found himself crying out to God. “It is funny how fast andContinue Reading
Adigrat, Ethiopia: At least 750 people are reported dead after an attack on an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, according to a European watchgroup. On Jan. 9, the Europe External Programme with Africa reported that the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum, about 80 milesContinue Reading
A Catholic priest in Burkina Faso who went missing Jan 19 has been found dead in a forest, the local bishop announced Jan 21. “It is with deep sorrow that I bring to everyone’s attention that the lifeless body of Fr. Rodrigue Sanon was found on January 21, 2021 inContinue Reading
Rome: A Victorian nun known as ‘the Mother Teresa of Manchester’ is on course to become Britain’s second saint of modern times as the Pope approves her for the title of ‘venerable.’ Elizabeth Prout, who died 155 years ago, has been hailed by Vatican theologians as a figure who livedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Incarceration has not diminished the concern for others in an octogenarian Jesuit activist, who has spent more than 100 days in a jail. “A caged bird can still sing,” asserts Father Stan Swamy in a letter to his conferrers and supporters written from Taloja CentralContinue Reading
Vijayawada: In a distressing development for Andhra Pradesh, several Anglican schools, which did decades long yeoman service in taking free education to the most oppressed sections of the society, have shut down over the years. Even as these schools shut down one after the other, there was gross inaction andContinue Reading
Pune: A fire broke out once again at the Serum Institute of India hours after a massive blaze left five people dead on January 21 at the vaccine-maker’s Pune facility, at a building that is under construction. It is unlikely to hit the production of Covishield, the coronavirus vaccine developedContinue Reading
New Delhi: Bollywood once again has fallen into the cross hairs of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party — and major Western streaming services like Amazon and Netflix increasingly find themselves caught in the middle. Two separate criminal complaints were filed with the police over the weekend against the makers ofContinue Reading
