We keep reading in newspapers and internet about rape these days. Each report tries to find out why the rape has happened. But does anyone even care how all this talk affects the victim? Not just the present victim, but all those who have been raped in the past, likeContinue Reading
New Delhi: A group Christian women theologians in India has expressed shock and pain at the increasing incidents of sexual assaults on young Dalit women in the country. “We strongly condemn these acts of violence and call upon the state machinery to ensure a free and fair probe into theseContinue Reading
New Delhi: No daughter of “Mother India” should be slaughtered on “the altar of caste, religion and patriarchy,” asserts a forum of Catholic nuns, brothers and priests practicing as lawyers. Condemning the recent rape and death of a Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh, the National Lawyers Forum of Religious andContinue Reading
Rome: The nuns of the Order of Preachers, known as the Dominican nuns, have launched their first official international website, MonialesOP. The site is the first of its kind to be completely dedicated to the Dominican nuns, who represent approximately 2,500 sisters in 190 monasteries, across five continents. While theyContinue Reading
New Delhi: Jaswant Kaur, a social worker and executive director, New Delhi-based NGO, Deepalaya, is among the top five finalists for the 4th Martha Farrel Award 2020 in the individual category. Kaur is recognized as the most promising individual finalists for mobilizing women and youth to raise awareness of healthContinue Reading
Rome: These days, WhatsApp messages from my 75-year-old nun-friend wakes me up. What a surprising development. She sends me good morning messages, good night messages, prayers, and even some good jokes. It is interesting to see the increasing number of religious men and women using the apps. The users rangeContinue Reading
New Delhi: As a Jesuit-in-formation, I attended a course on Islam and Muslims in India. Our instructor, Jesuit Father Paul Jackson, opened the course asking us to write down on a sheet of paper what we thought and felt about Muslims. After a while, he asked us to tell theContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has declined the plea of the accused in the Sister Abhaya murder case to defer until further orders the examination of witnesses amid the pandemic. The court on October 6 observed that the criminal proceedings of a case registered in 1992 are yet to attainContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on October 6 held that public places and roads cannot be occupied by people indefinitely for demonstration. The apex court verdict came on a batch of petitions against the protests at Shaheen Bagh in South Delhi by women against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). AContinue Reading
Shillong: A year has gone by since the sudden demise of Archbishop Dominic Jala in a road accident in the US. The news came to us like a bolt from the blue leaving everyone aghast and shock stricken. Most people especially his family members and close friends, found it unacceptable.Continue Reading
