Vatican City, Sept. 15, 2020: Pope Francis has signed off on a two-year extension of a deal with China on the appointment of bishops that critics have condemned as a sell-out to the communist government, a senior Vatican source has said. The two-year provisional deal, which gives the pope theContinue Reading
Meerut, Sept. 15, 2020: Sanju Rani Verma ran away from to avoid marriage and to follow her dream. Seven years later, the 28-year-old woman returned home in Meerut, a town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, after cracking the tough Public Service Commission (PSC) examination to become aContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sept 15, 2020: A 51-year-old priest was found dead from knife wounds Sept. 15 near his parish in the city of Como, Italy. Fr. Roberto Malgesini was known for his devotion to the homeless and migrants in the northern Italian diocese. The pastor died in a street nearContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 14, 2020 — A priest catechist in Kolkata has marked Year of Laudato Si’, with the launch of what he calls ‘Stations of Creation – a Way of Beauty’ on Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14. The full text of the StationsContinue Reading
By Nilashish Chaudhary New Delhi, Sept 15, 2020: A Public Interest Litigation filed in the Delhi High Court has sought a declaration recognizing the right of same-sex couples to get married under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The petition filed on behalf of activists and members of the LGBTQ communityContinue Reading
By Sanya Talwar New Delhi, Sept 15 2020: The Supreme Court on September 15 restrained a rightwing television channel until further orders from telecasting the remaining episodes of a controversial show. The bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph was hearing a petition filed againstContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 15, 2020: More than 10 million migrant workers traveled back home from various parts of India during the lockdown between March 24 to June 2. According to an NGO, Save Life Foundation, 198 workers died in different places during their exodus. Yet it was veryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept 14, 2020: A renowned moral theologian and a priest of the Archdiocese of Calcutta died September 14. Father Mervyn Carapiet died suddenly, said condolence message from the Archdiocese of Calcutta. He was 87. Father Carapiet, a preacher, teacher and writer par excellence, was servingContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sep 14, 2020: The Vatican expects to renew its interim deal with China on the appointment of bishops, as part of efforts to “normalize” the life of the Catholic Church in China, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said Sept.14 “With China, our current interest is to normalizeContinue Reading
Aizawl, Sept 14, 2020: Amid the shortage of hospitals in Aizawl, two local Presbyterian churches and a Young Mizo Association (YMA) branch have come to the help of the government in offering their halls to be used as COVID-19 care centres (CCC) where the infected people will be treated. RulingContinue Reading
