Turkey: A group of Turkish Orthodox Christians took legal action against the reconversion of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia to a mosque, saying that minority rights of Orthodox Greeks in the country were violated, HaberTürk reported on Monday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared Hagia Sophia a mosque on June 10, afterContinue Reading
By Matters India New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among those mourning the death of a Spanish Jesuit who contributed a new style of writing in Gujarati and translated many mathematical concepts into that Indian language. Father Carlos Gonzalvez Valles died November 9 in Madrid, capital of Spain. TheContinue Reading
Varanasi: People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), an NGO that works for the promotion of human rights, held a workshop on gender equality for youth. The November 8 workshop was a dialogue with girls and boy to tackle gender disparities for building a sustainable future for all, Lenin Raghuvanshi,Continue Reading
Guwahati: Assam police have denied permission to hold a candlelight vigil in Guwahati to seek the release of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy and the 15 other activists arrested in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case. However, the police allowed another rally seeking the release of arrested TV anchor Arnab Goswami inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Diocesan pastoral centers must conduct programs to educate Christians in “interfaith literacy,” asserts Jesuit Father Victor Edwin, the elected secretary of the Islamic Studies Association (ISA) that has fostered Christian-Muslim cooperation in India or more than four decades. The 54-year-old teacher of Islam in Delhi’sContinue Reading
By Xavier Jayaraj Rome: On November 5, several US media channels stopped the live telecast of President Trump’s speech midway. They daringly stated that the president was spreading disinformation and telling ‘lies after lies after lies.’ In his 17-minute address, President Trump unleashed a deluge of claims and spoke ofContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi SJ Konchowki: There is a renewed vigor and commitment for the cause of social justice among the Jesuits today than a month back. Hundreds of young Jesuits are willing to replace Father Stan Swamy, an 83-year-old Jesuit Tribal rights activist, who on November 9 completes one monthContinue Reading
By Lawrence A. Franklin The Pope’s Encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” (“Brothers All”) sadly seems more a massive and unwieldy political document than a religious guide to the Catholic faithful. The encyclical’s intended audience appears to be secular world rather than people of faith. The 43,000-word to me contains almost no discussionContinue Reading
By Courtney Mares Rome: A 19-year-old Spanish teenager who gave his life while protecting the Eucharist was beatified November 7 at a Mass in the Sagrada Família Basilica in Barcelona. “Yesterday in Barcelona Joan Roig Diggle, a lay man and martyr killed at the age of 19 during the SpanishContinue Reading
Paris: As a French-born Muslim, Elyazid Benferhat’s stomach turned when he heard about a deadly Islamic extremist attack on a church in Nice. Then he decided to act. A self-described man of peace and pragmatism, Benferhat and a friend gathered a group of young Muslim men to stand guard outsideContinue Reading
