Rome: Jesuits worldwide are mobilizing in protest after an 83-year-old Jesuit priest and human rights activist was arrested in India accused of terrorist links. Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, a prominent and popular human rights activist, was on October 8 arrested by the National Investigation Agency for alleged Maoist links. InContinue Reading
Lucknow: Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district on October 17 busted a conspiracy by a temple priest and others. According to the police, the priest Atul Tripathi alias Samrat Das hired a professional shooter and orchestrated an attack on himself to frame a political rival. The priest was injured inContinue Reading
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City: A new coin minted by the Vatican City State depicts a woman carrying the earth in her womb. The artist who designed the coin, which commemorates Earth Day, has said the design was his response to the ecological theme he was commissioned to portray. TheContinue Reading
Vatican City: In a video message for World Food Day Oct. 15, Pope Francis expressed concern that tons of food is being thrown away while people continue to die for lack of food. “For humanity, hunger is not only a tragedy but it is also shameful,” Pope Francis said inContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has invited children to participate together in a very special initiative. “Next Sunday, October 18, the Aid to the Church in Need Foundation (ACN) is promoting the initiative ‘for unity and peace … one million children pray the rosary,’ ” Pope Francis said October 15 whileContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has named a new prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints following Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s dramatic resignation from the post in September. The pope October 15 appointed Bishop Marcello Semeraro, who has acted as secretary of the Council of Cardinal Advisers since it wasContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: A Catholic priest in Odisha, eastern India, has encouraged young people to use social media to connect with people during the coronavirus pandemic. “Social network has become one of the means to keep in touch with the people,” says Father Bhanja Kishore Nayak, pastor of St.Continue Reading
Ranchi: Tribal groups have held protest marches across the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in support of long-pending demands for a separate Sarna code ahead of the 2021 national census. Marches took place October 15 in several parts of Ranchi, the state capital. The marches in Ranchi, held under theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad: Civil society has come out in large numbers to help people affected by floods in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. “The rains have caused massive devastation and great suffering to the people in Hyderabad,” says Father Varghese Theckanath, director of the Montfort Social InstituteContinue Reading
Ranchi: Archbishop Felix Toppo of Ranchi October 16 joined priests, nuns and lay people to form a 5-kilometer human chain to denounce the arrest of an octogenarian Jesuit priest for alleged Maoist links. Many of the more than 1,000 protestors, who lined up in the Jharkhand state capital of RanchiContinue Reading
