By I P Sarto Dumka: Christians in Jharkhand state’s Dumka town on January 15 took out a candle light procession to pray for Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, who has completed 100 days in a Mumbai prison. They prayed and walked with posters demanding the release of the member of theContinue Reading
Évora: A convent of Conceptionist Sisters in the Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal is experiencing a major COVID-19 outbreak, and the local bishop is asking for prayers for the sisters and the elderly they serve. According to a January 14 statement from the archdiocese, 14 of the 16 religious sisters haveContinue Reading
Rome: The diocese of Rome will host a memorial Mass on Jan 15 for Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic politician in Pakistan assassinated by an Islamic terrorist group 10 years ago. Bhatti served as Pakistan’s Federal Minister of Minorities Affairs from 2008 to 2011. He advocated for fourContinue Reading
Vijayawada: The Crime Investigation Department of Andhra Pradesh police has arrested a Christian preacher for alleged making inflammatory speeches insulting another religion. Additional Director General of Police (CID) PV Sunil Kumar said Praveen Chakravarthi from Kakinada town in East Godavari district has allegedly made provocative comments that could potentially disturbContinue Reading
Vijayawada: Leaders of Telugu Desam Party’s Christian cell from 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh met in Vijayawada to resign to protest the alleged communal remarks of party chief and former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Their move came days after the party lost another longtime minority leader, Philip C Tocher, aContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai: There’s a lot of misunderstanding about privacy and security that’s been articulated in many groups and especially on social media. As someone who is very particular about devices and accounts being secure let me dispel some of the myths. What WhatsApp collects about each individual, thereContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Rome: Pope Francis has appointed Society of Jesus priest Henry Pattarumadathil as a member of Pontifical Biblical Commission . 57-year- old Father Pattarumadathil who hails from Kerala in Southern India was ordained as a priest for the Kerala Province of Society of Jesus in 1995 .Continue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020, passed by UP on November 27, 2020, has set the ball rolling. On one hand many other BJP ruled states like MP and Haryana are activating their machinery to bring in similar law in their statesContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Nangathur: Several former bonded laborers in Tamil Nadu are praying for the release of Father Stan Swamy as the Jesuit social activist enters his 100th day in Mumbai’s Taloja Prison on January 15. “We are praying for Father Stan who had helped liberate our family from landlord’sContinue Reading
Fewer people left the Catholic Church in Austria in 2020 than in the previous year, according to official figures released on Wednesday. New statistics, published on Jan. 13, showed that 58,535 people formally left the Church in 2020, compared to 67,794 in 2019 — a drop of 13.7%. All AustrianContinue Reading
