Christians and Muslims throughout the world experienced harassment in more countries than any other religious groups in 2018. It’s a pattern that has remained consistent since 2007, when the Pew Research Center began tracking the level of government restrictions on religion. Christians and Muslims are the two largest religious groupsContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Now that the election results are almost clear in the US, there is a big talk about Kamala Harris. Indians celebrate her victory saying that she is an Indian. Can we call Kamala Harris an Indian in a true sense? Is she an Indian orContinue Reading
New Delhi: The NGOs that intend to receive foreign funding will now face tougher rules with the Union Home Ministry making it clear that such organisations must have existed for at least three years and spent Rs 15 lakh in voluntary activities to be eligible to receive money from abroad.Continue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis blessed a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary of the Miraculous Medal at the end of his Wednesday general audience. The statue will soon begin to travel around Italy as part of an evangelization initiative by the Vincentian Congregation of the Mission. The pope met withContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis pledged Wednesday to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decades-long church cover-up of his sexual misconduct. Francis concluded his weekly general audience Nov. 11 by recallingContinue Reading
New Delhi: A Christian woman leader has been appointed as an “Eminent Global Peace Ambassador.” The appointment and Chattered Fellowship Award came from Forum 36 – Peace and Unity – International Peace Advocates, an international body. Minakshi Singh, general secretary of Unity in Christ, a forum of Protestant churches basedContinue Reading
By George Kommattathil Kozhikode: Farmers in Kerala have demanded protection of their lives and farms from wild animals. Wild animals such as boars, monkeys, and elephants destroy cultivation and often threaten the lives of farmers in the southern Indian state. “We are under constant threat and our life is inContinue Reading
London: Aid to the Church in Need has sent an emergency aid package of 100,000 Euros to Mozambique after extremists linked to Daesh (ISIS) beheaded more than 50 people. The charity announced the aid November 10, following news of the atrocities, which have been confirmed by police. The violence isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji: The Daughters of Paul in Goa together with the Diocesan Commission for Biblical Apostolate will inaugurate the Biblical Year of the Pauline Family on November 26 with the theme “That the Word of the Lord may speed on.” The opening Eucharist led by Archbishop FilippeContinue Reading
Dr George Jacob Kochi: India, like rest of the world, has been in the throes of Covid-19 that has been causing death and infection since late December 2019. As many as 47.4 million are infected and 1.21 million succumbing worldwide, while 8.31 million infected and 124,000 succumbing in India. Lately,Continue Reading
