Bengaluru: Don Bosco Shrine in Bengaluru’s Lingarajapuram has launched various schemes to help women achieve financial independence. Parish priest Father Aloysius Santiago says if a woman is empowered the whole generation benefits. To achieve this goal, the parish team has initiated four self-help groups (SHG), through which women are trainedContinue Reading
Rawalpindi: A manhunt is underway in Pakistan for a Muslim man accused of shooting dead a Christian woman who refused to marry him and convert to Islam. Sonia Bibi, 24, was reportedly shot dead at the Fazaia Colony bus stop in Rawalpindi, close to the capital, Islamabad. Police are searchingContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Raiganj: A group of Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) animators has decided to observe compassionately situation in the neighborhood, reflect objectively, analyze the causes and to act according to the gospel values. As many as 44 BEC animators reflected on the theme, “The will of God isContinue Reading
By Anju Grover New Delhi: The farmers’ agitation against the amended controversial farm laws has put the Narendra Modi government in a tight spot. Tens of thousands of farmers from Punjab, who are spearheading the movement, and thousands of their counterparts from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other states have swarmedContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 6, 2020: “People have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities need to let them do so,” said Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary General of the United Nations on December 5, on being asked about the farmers’ movement that has continued despite talks with the GovernmentContinue Reading
Melbourne: The Catholic bishops of Australia and two other Catholic entities have launched a company charged with the safeguarding of children against sexual abuse by clergy. The launch of the Australian Catholic Safeguarding Limited comes three years after the release of a 2017 Royal Commission report on child sex abuseContinue Reading
Mumbai: The registration of Christian marriages in Mumbai has come to a halt after the retirement of the marriage officer in July. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, newlywed couples are forced to travel to Pune to get their marriage certificates stamped by state government authorities. Activists Godfrey Pimenta and Nicholas AlmeidaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India has expressed concern about the news coverage of the ongoing farmers’ protest against the federal government’s newly passed farm laws. An advisory from the guild on December 4 cautioned media houses against delegitimizing the agitation by using term suchContinue Reading
Mumbai: The advocate of activist Father Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, on December 4 told a special court that Swamy has been given a straw and sipper by the Taloja jail authorities. Swamy, 83, on December 4 filed three fresh applications seeking a direction toContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on December 4 granted bail to independent journalist Rajeev Sharma, who is accused of spying for China. A Single Bench of Justice Anu Malhotra granted bail to Sharma on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh. The court said that despite more than 60Continue Reading
