By Matters India Reporter Marthandom: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis has released the Tamil translation of Pope Francis’ recent encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” (All Brothers) at a function at Marthandam, a town in Tamil Nadu’s Kanniyakumari district. Archbishop Antony Pappusamy of Madurai, the president of Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council (TNBC), and Archbishop GeorgeContinue Reading
Rome: Margaret Karram from the Holy Land was elected president of the Focolare Movement, an international organization that promotes the ideals of unity and universal brotherhood. The 58-year-old Arab Catholic woman won more than two thirds of the votes cast in the movement’s 359-member General Assembly held on January 31.Continue Reading
By Priscilla Jebaraj New Delhi: Delhi has been turned into a fortress as the police continued to block access to border protest sites on February 2 with concrete barricades, barbed wire, nails and trenches across approach roads, and undertook massive deployment of security personnel. Journalists and other visitors were deniedContinue Reading
New Delhi: the Delhi Police on February 2 stopped journalists and others from entering the Singhu border, one of the sites of the protesting farmers. Earlier, those wanting to visit the protest site and the main stage could cross the barricades erected to prevent farmers from entering the national capitalContinue Reading
New Delhi: A nationwide law to ban religious conversions or interfaith marriages is not being planned since it falls under the dominion of states, the central government said in parliament on February 2. The assurance came amid a renewed drive for such legislation in several states ruled by the BharatiyaContinue Reading
Karachi: A Christian nurse was reportedly tied up and tortured by a mob at a Pakistani hospital after a Muslim colleague falsely accused her of blasphemy. Tabitha Nazir Gill, 30, was attacked and beaten by staff at the Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Karachi where she has worked for nine years,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) on February 2 extended support to the youth groups of India and Australia that try to draw global attention to the struggles of oppressed communities against exploitative multinational corporate conglomerates. The youth organized Global Week of ActionContinue Reading
New Delhi: A group of activists, eminent citizens and leaders of religious organizations has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take immediate steps to check coercive fund collection for the Ayodhya Ram Temple. “We wish to draw your urgent attention towards the recent activities with regard to Fund CollectionContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on February 2 added the memorial of Saints Mary, Martha, and Lazarus to the General Roman Calendar, giving the siblings the combined feast day of July 29. A decree from the Congregation for Divine Worship said on Feb. 2 that Pope Francis had included the threeContinue Reading
Chennai: The Madras High Court has directed the Registrar of Companies to inquire into allegations of misuse of the assets of the Church of South India (CSI) Trust Association that has properties worth several trillions of rupees across southern India. In his order, Justice R Mahadevan directed the registrar toContinue Reading
